FP6 priority
1.1.7   Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-based society
1.7.1
Title of the proposal

Social order and cohesion (Case study of Slovakia in and from a European Perspective)

Institute
Slovak Academy of Science, Institute of Philosophy
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
klemens.savba.sk/fiusav
Contact
Name:
Assistent professor Tatiana SEDOVA PhD.,
Phone:
+421 2 52494213
E-mail:
sedova@up.upsav.sk


Research subject for a potential FP6 project

The project presents the key economic, political, social and cultural indicators with the aim to explore the issue of social order and social cohesion. The project proposes a number of hypotheses and possible scenarios in case of Slovakia’s admission into the EU, as well as in case of exclusion from the EU.


Recent international cooperation of the research team

Dr. Erika Harris, Institute of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Great Britain.
Prof. George McLean, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington DC.
Prof. Karl Hahn, Institut fur Politische Wissenshaft, WWU Munster.
Prof. Moritz Csaky , Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, Spezialforschungsbereich Moderne, Wien 1900.


Proposerīs relevant publications related to the research subject

T. Sedova K filozofii socialneho poznania (Towards social knowledge), Bratislava, Stimul, 2000.

T. Sedova ,Beyond Rationality, in T. Pichler ed. Interest and Values: The Spirit of Venture in a Time of Change. The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington 1999.

T.Sedova, Between Ideal and Reality, in J. Strinka In Searching of Democracy, Bratislava, Veda, 1995.

T.Sedova, Political Culture as Problem of European Integration, in Foderalismus und die Architektur der Europaischen Integration, Munchen. Hrsg. N. Wenturis, 1994.

T. Sedova, The Spiritual Function of Intellectuals, Culture, Values and Power, in T. Pichler ed. Language, Values and The Slovak Nation , The Council for Research in Washington 1994.