CIVICUS #16 is dedicated to environmental safety. The safe environment is discussed in different contexts. Of course, this collection does not fully reflect the threats and challenges around us, but the authors try to show the meaning of security in a different way. Here you will find an article about bullying, terrorism, labor safety, etc.
The fifteenth issue of CIVICUS is about rethinking the Soviet past. In order to facilitate the correct understanding of the existing problems, the editorial board decided to have the social-economic and cultural practices characteristic of the Soviet Union as the topic of discussion for this issue. Here you will be introduced to the articles on political systems as well as on the peculiarities of the Soviet visual art. The authors seek to answer the following questions: What kind of political instruments had an influence on forming the political memory? How was the Soviet policy evolved and transformed towards religious confessions? What is the post-communist space experience? - Lustration law in Eastern Europe. What kind of visual means is reserving the Soviet totalitarian memory? Besides, here you can read the odd stories of the victims of Soviet repressions, Soviet propaganda methods, movie and photo stories.
The fourteenth issue of CIVICUS is about socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the city. Transport system problems, debates related to cycling infrastructure, world’s best examples of city management and other difficult challenges are discussed in this issue of CIVICUS. The authors seek to answer the following questions: What are the main challenges in the process of urban development? What kind of social reality will the chaotic process of urbanization face? How can we overcome the traffic collapse problem in Tbilisi? What are the socio-cultural characteristics of modern and old type cities? How do the residents express what they want to say? What do they write on the walls of the building and who are their potential addressee?
The thirteenth issue of CIVICUS is about the constitution and the peculiarities of constitutional arrangement, its philosophical preconditions and practical application. Here you will be introduced to the articles on Social Contract Theories and its importance, territorial arrangement and characteristics of the electoral system. Deficiency and advantages of the different governance models and the situation in this terms in Georgia will be discussed in this issue. The authors seek to answer the following questions: What is the main concept of constitutionalism? What are the stages of Georgia’s constitutional development? What kind of dilemma does the electoral system create? What is the "winner’s bonus"? What type of legislature is better - unicameral or bicameral? How does the mixed model of state governance work?
The twelfth issue of CIVICUS is about the United States of America, peculiarities of its political system and culture. Here you will be introduced to the specific details which together make the United States as the strong democracy. The uniqueness of the US presidential system, its characteristics and effectiveness as well as the cultural transformations, musical and literary trends, which has created the American tradition is discussed in this issue. The authors seek to answer the following questions: What is the American dream? What kind of migration policy does the United States of America have? How do linguistic standards change gradually?
Besides, here you can read the articles on migration, hippies, transformation of English language, the US education system and fight against racism.
