This paper seeks to emphasize the merits of comparative law as a critical legal enterprise. For this purpose, it first provides a brief overview of the various forms of critique that have been advocated in the field of comparative law. Second, it discusses four epistemological concerns as regards legal comparison that are meant to orient comparatists towards a critical mode of comparative reasoning. While most of the remarks comprised in this contribution apply to legal comparisons in general, a few observations shall be made with specific reference to the stakes and limits of legal comparisons in Central and Eastern Europe.
The former role of tourism in terms of provision of accommodation and food has become outdated. Tourist offer increasingly includes additional activities, such as visits to various tangible and intangible cultural sites, and events that tourists perceive visually. In the contemporary tourism trends, cultural resources of Southeast European countries have become an important factor that maintains the competitiveness under conditions of the growing competition on a world scale. Cultural resources directly affect tourism, but there is also an inverse relationship reflected in the impact of tourism on cultural resources that are becoming an important factor for the choice of tourist destinations. The subject of this paper is to review the contribution of cultural resources to the development of tourist destinations with the help of the analysis of elements of Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index - TTCI.
Sociology of classes of Michele Lamont, which was developed in a dialogue with Pierre Bourdeu’s theory of classes, is a separate and original proposal of studies on classes. It is to be based on analyses of group identification articulation that are used by actors for self-defining, but at the same time also imply the process of defining and drawing symbolic boundaries between classes. However, these boundaries tend to differ from the boundaries defined in the analyses of economic resources and the social and demographic diversity. Lamont creates and develops her theory against two major challenges that theories of classes face: international comparisons which would focus on cultural distinctions and avoid methodological nationalism, similarly to Bourdieu’s theory. The second challenge would be the forms of social diversity, which are not likely to occur in class analyses, such as racial or gender diversity, and seem to be essential to understand contemporary diversity of societies.
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The greenway corridor project for the Danube area is to be marked mostly with 4 “e”: economy, environment, education and ecology. The author of the paper is pleading for realization of the pilot project for the greenway corridor in the Danube area as substantial part of sustainable development. This is the way to intensify new approach in planning that is in accordance with the idea of sustainable development. This approach includes cultural and natural resources protection, healthy and stable (economically and socially balanced) environment affirmation. Researches made so far, presented as numerous studies, explorations and plans, provide quality material for creating necessary database, as one of the steps suggested in methodological approach for realization of greenways. The Danube area, by its natural characteristics, richness of culture and historical heritage and international significance offers ideal possibilities for location of a greenway trail. Therefore the paper, besides theoretical background, offers a review of advantages of the Danube area for creation of one of the main corridors of the future greenways in Europe.
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Projekt korytarza jako zielonej drogi (greenway) w obszarze Dunaju ma zostać oznaczony jako z 4 “e”: gospodarka, środowisko, edukacja i ekologia. Autor artykułu optuje za realizacją pilotażowego projektu utworzenia zielonego korytarza dla obszaru Dunaju jako części planu zrównoważonego rozwoju. Tą drogą można by ustanowić nowe podejście w planowaniu, które jest zgodnie z ideą zrównoważonego rozwoju. To podejście zawiera ochronę kulturowych i naturalnych zasobów, ochronę zdrowia, ustala ekonomiczną i społeczną równowagę w środowisku. Dotychczasowe liczne badania i studia zapewniły wartościowy materiał dla utworzenia koniecznej bazy danych, jeden z kierunków zasugerował metodologiczne podejście do realizacji projektu greenway. Obszar Dunaju, przez jego naturalne cechy, bogactwo kultury i historycznego dziedzictwa oraz międzynarodowego znaczenia, oferuje idealne możliwości dla lokalizacji zielonego szlaku. Artykuł oprócz teoretycznego tła, przedstawia zalety obszaru Dunaju dla utworzenia jednego z głównych korytarzy przyszłego zielonego szlaku w Europie.
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