Annales Scientia Politica

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Authors: Gabriel Székely

Report from Informal Meeting with Liam Wasley, Chargé d'affairs of the US Embassy in Slovakia

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Authors: Martin Lačný

Ethical Leadership in Slovak Business Environment - Review of a Scientific Monograph of A. Remišová, A. Lašáková, J. Rudy et al.

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Authors: Ivan Stryapko

The article is devoted to the analysis of tolerance and xenophobia of the Ukrainians of the Transcarpathian region towards some ethnic groups. Based on the opinion polls conducted according to Bogardus method of measuring of social distance, the author analyzed the attitude to the Russian speaking Ukrainians, the Hungarians, the Romanians, the Russians, the Roma, the Slovaks, the Jews, the Americans and the Hindus. The survey results indicate that the Ukrainians of the Transcarpathian region mostly demonstrate their tolerance towards the Slovaks, the Americans and the Russian -speaking Ukrainians. The social distance to the Hungarians, the Romanians, the Jews and the Hindus can be characterised as alienation. There is an openly xenophobic attitude towards the Russians and the Roma people.

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Authors: Jiang Quanbao - Liu Yixiao - Li Shuzhuo - Stuart Basten

China’s recent history of family planning restrictions is well known. An increasing amount of attention has been paid to the role of abortion in both national and local policy implementation as well as individual – level decision-making. In this paper, we explore the recent history of abortion within the Chinese family planning policies within a broad bioethics framework. In particular, we explore themes of rational persuasion, coercion and manipulation at the various levels of implementation.