Sustaining institutions: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, The Rector of the Jagiellonian University, Faculty of International and Political Studies Księgarnia Akademicka Sp. z o.o. ul. św. Anny 6, 31-008 Kraków tel./fax: (012) 43-127-43 akademicka@akademicka.pl www.akademicka.pl ISSN 1733-6716 Proofreading: Christopher Reeves Justyna Wójcik Front cover: Robert Guzik Typesetting: studio.anata.pl Edition: 300 copies POLITEJA THE JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL AND POLITICAL STUDIES OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY No. 2/2 (10/2) Kraków 2008 EDITORIAL BOARD Professor Wiesław Kozub-Ciembroniewicz Institute of Political Science and International Relations Professor Andrzej Mania Institute of Political Science and International Relations Professor Tadeusz Paleczny Institute of Regional Studies Dr. hab. Dorota Praszałowicz, University Professor Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora Professor Anna Raźny Institute of Russian and East European Studies Professor Irena Stawowy-Kawka Institute of Political Science and International Relations Professor Adam Walaszek Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora Professor Andrzej Zięba Institute of Political Science and International Relations Professor Lubomir Zyblikiewicz Institute of Political Science and International Relations CHIEF EDITOR Professor Bogdan Szlachta Institute of Political Science and International Relations MANAGING EDITOR Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves Ph.D. Institute of Political Science and International Relations LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SHOULD BE ADDRESSED: „Politeja. The Journal of the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University” ul. Ingardena 6, pok. 510a, 30-060 Kraków tel.: (012) 663-24-46, fax: (012) 421-53-65 e-mail: bogdan.szlachta@uj.edu.pl, dorota.reeves@inp.uj.edu.pl