The Future of Europe
edited by Antoni Kuklinski and Krzysztof Pawlowski
available in English
 ISBN 83-88421-42-5 |
 ISBN 83-88421-41-7 |
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The two volumes "The Future of Europe" No. I and II are dedicated to the European Parliament to promote brainstorming reflection illuminating the global challenges and strategic choices emerging in the European intellectual and political landscape of the XXI century. The volumes provide a large variety of perspectives on the future of Europe |
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Contents Volume 1: The Global Challenges Preface — KRZYSZTOF PAWLOWSKI Editorial Intoduction — ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI, KRZYSZTOF PAWLOWSKI PART ONE STRONG OR WEAK EUROPE ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Strong or Weak Europe TOMASZ GRZEGORZ GROSSE: Theoretical Models for the Future of the European Union MAROSÁN GYÖRGY: Futures of Europe JULIUSZ KOTYŃSKI: Global Risks and The European Integration JAN KOZLOWSKI: Seven Mile Boots or Taking a Shortcut KATARZYNA ZUKROWSKA: Scenarios for Future Europe JÓZEF NIZNIK: Governance system and leadership in the EU PART TWO THE INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES JAN BIELAWSKI: Europe and the availability of Global Public Goods LÁSZLÓ CSABA: European Governance —the Challenges Ahead JAN OLBRYCHT: Cohesion and/or growth policy DARIUSZ MILCZAREK: Foreign and security policy—a challenge and a strategic choice for the European Union of the 21st Century KOLJA RAUBE: Efficiency and Democracy in CFSP/ESDP—The institutional set-up of the Constitutional Treaty KLAUS WITTMANN: Threats and European Security Policy in the Transatlantic Perspective PART THREE THE CHALLENGES OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE WILHELM KRULL, SIMON SOMMER: Opportunities and Problems in a New European Research Area GILBERT FAYL, ULRIC FAYL VON HENTALLER: Innovation and Civil Society in the 21st Century HERMAN BAEYENS: European Strategic Planning in The XXI Century HANS VAN ZON: The new divide in Europe and the threats of market society BRUNO AMOROSO: The Future of the European Union MAREK ZIÓLKOWSKI: Central-Eastern versus Western Europe BOLESLAW DOMAŃSKI: The development of Europe and its Central-Eastern periphery ANNA SOSNOWSKA: Development and Divisions of Europe TOMASZ ZARYCKI: At the core or in the margins? Poland’s search for its place in Europe ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The Information Society and the Welfare State. The Finnish Model ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The Ukrainian Strategic Choice as a Challenge for the European Union—Three Reflections and a Thesis KRZYSZTOF ISZKOWSKI: The Turkish Dilemma KARI LIUHTO: Russia - on the way to an information society? JAN WORONIECKI: Russia: Quo Vadis? ANDRIS SPRUDS: Values and Interests in The European Union – Russia Relations: Towards Cooperation or Conflict? PIOTR NAIMSKI: “New Europe” and the Atlantic PART FOUR SUSTAINABLE EUROPE? UWE MÖLLER: Europe in the Perspectives of Global Change ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Sustainable development as the major challenge for the XXI century THOMAS SCHAUER: The Lisbon Strategy and the challenge of Sustainability ILDIKO TULBURE, ALEKSANDER ZIDANŠEK: Analysing Sustainability in the Information Society ELZBIETA GOŃCZ: Does The Future just Happen? ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The Four Megaspaces of the XXI Century Post Scriptum — ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI Volume 2: The Strategic Choices Preface — KRZYSZTOF PAWŁOWSKI Editorial Intoduction — ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI, KRZYSZTOF PAWŁOWSKI PART ONE SCIENCE—TECHNOLOGY—ECONOMY—THE STRATEGIC CHOICES HENRI DELANGHE, UGUR MULDUR: From a vicious to a virtuous cycle—Europe, growth and the knowledge-based economy SIMONE ARNALDI: Converging technologies and European societies in the XXI centuries: values at the core of our futures ROMAN GALAR: Adaptive versus Managerial Approach to S&T Policy JORMA ROUTTI: Research and innovation in Finland—transformation into a knowledge economy JAN LAMBOOY: Future of innovative Europe—The case of Netherlands ANDRZEJ H. JASIŃSKI: Poland in the European research and innovation area: Strategic challenges for our science and technology WOJCIECH BURZYŃSKI: Benchmarking—Knowledge based economy in Switzerland, Netherlands, Finland and Poland WOJCIECH BURZYŃSKI: Science and Technology measurement—an obsession or a necessity? WLADYSLAW OEWITALSKI: The issues and questions pertaining Europe’s technological competitiveness PART TWO EDUCATION—THE KEY TO THE FUTURE OF EUROPE KRZYSZTOF PAWLOWSKI: Education—the key to the future of Europe JOANNA SIWIŃSKA: A note on education, growth and public finances SIMONE ARNALDI: Some thoughts on the relation between education and economic growth. A comment to Siwińska’s "A note on education, growth and public finances" STEFAN KWIATKOWSKI: Institutions of Higher Learning in Europe. The lost Ego of Hidden Masters? ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Universities—driving regional development KRZYSZTOF PORWIT: Comments to A. Kukliński’s paper: Universities—driving regional development PART THREE THE DYNAMISM OF EUROPEAN REGIONS JEAN-MARIE ROUSSEAU: Constructing XXIst century’s economies by reshaping the European Society MIKEL LANDABASO: The regional economic development relevance of social capital ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Towards a new model of regional policy PAUL DREWE: Border Regions as Laboratories of European Integration? DANIELE IETRI, FRANCESCA SILVIA ROTA: The Italian Mosaic facing Competitiveness and Innovation ANNA GSIOR-NIEMIEC: The Polish Piemonte ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Social capital and the performance of Polish regions in the enlarged European Union Comment by Krzysztof Porwit, Tomasz Zarycki, Tomasz G. Grosse, Anna Gsior-Niemiec, Daniele Ietri, Francesca Silvia Rota ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Regional dynamics in global perspective PART FOUR CORPO REGIO PROGRAMME ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The Management of the Future—The Strategic Partnership of Corporations and Regions. A proposal to establish in the framework of Recifer an international research publications and conference programme—Corpo Regio Programme (C.R.P.) Comment by Sergio Boisier, Roman Galar, Anna Gsior-Niemiec, Dimitrios Konstadakopulos 301 BOGUSLAW SKUZA: Location Poland—The experiences of transnational corporations in Poland Comment by Bolesław Domański, Piotr Ciechanowski PART FIVE THE WEIMAR TRIANGLE—ILLUSION VERSUS REALITY ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The Weimar Triangle—The Historical Illusion of the XX century vs. The Strategic reality of the XXI century ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The Weimar Triangle—Towards a New paradigm DIETER KRIMPHOVE: The Weimar Triangle and its multinational role in conflict-management and reconciliation—An economical approach ALEKSANDER KORYBUT-WORONIECKI: Possibilities of dynamizing the Weimar Triangle WITOLD MALACHOWSKI: Poland–Germany and the enlargement of the European Union PART SIX GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT—GLOBAL CATASTROPHE VERSUS GLOBAL RENAISSANCE ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Global development in secular perspective—Memorandum I ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Global development in secular perspective—Memorandum II ZDZISLAW SADOWSKI: Europe and the goal of sustainable development ALEKSANDER LUKASZEWICZ: Global development—private versus public sector JAN WORONIECKI: Global development in a secular perspective: Global catastrophe versus global Renaissance ANNA GSIOR-NIEMIEC: Two Workshops of the Club of Rome in Warsaw PART SEVEN STRATEGIC CHOICES—METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: Europe—the strategic choices—Seven methodological reflections Comments by: Roman Galar, Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse, Anna Gąsior-Niemiec, Juliusz Kotyński,Thomas Schauer, Józef Niżnik KRZYSZTOF PORWIT: "The multiple ego" of European Knowledge-Based Economy and Europe’s Strategic Choices for the 21st Century KAREL MÜLLER: Reflections on proposed research agenda—"The Knowledge-Based Economy in Europe: the Regional Trajectory" MAROSÁN GYÖRGY: Tipping point, critical mass and some new concepts ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI: The design of research programmes in the experience of social sciences Comments by: Katarzyna Żukrowska, Tomasz Zarycki, Anna Gąsior-Niemiec Vivant sequentes — ANTONI KUKLIŃSKI The Authors of the Volume |
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