Poland

Double the Shock, with half the Therapy: Transnational capital, class configuration and the social implications of Poland’s ongoing transition to a market economy

by Stuart Shields

Competition and Change, 2007 Vol. 11 No. 4.

Opposing Neoliberalism? Poland's renewed populism and post-communist transition

by Stuart Shields

This article interrogates the social impact of neoliberalisation and the counter-hegemonic forces this has engendered... more This article interrogates the social impact of neoliberalisation and the counter-hegemonic forces this has engendered by exploring Poland's recent populist turn. It rejects methodologically nationalist attempts to isolate events in Poland from wider processes of structural change and the accompanying realignment within the global capitalist economy, analysing the implications of a number of alternative and counter-hegemonic projects to the neoliberal mainstream. The article considers whether the populist turn signals a decisive rejection of neoliberalism, despite the absence of a coherent left alternative and the fact that the anti-neoliberal alternative has come from the nationalist right, dominated by politically regressive conservative social forces who have aimed to arrest welfare cuts and end the austerity associated with Poland's seemingly endless forms of reform. While no clear anti-neoliberal strategy exists, pragmatic responses have occurred but within the structurally delimited environs of state intervention. Utilising a Gramscian critical political economy the article shows how populist counter-hegemonic forces have been co-opted and are best understood in terms of the relationship to specific conjunctural projects for the reorientation of the reproduction of capitalist social relations. The conclusion reflects on the potential for a progressive politics of a renewed Polish left to emerge.

Is the Coarse-Grid Global Climate Model a Useful Tool for Regional Paleoclimate Reconstruction?

by Bartosz Czernecki

Climate condition in the Central Europe during the Weichselian Ice Sheet according to the Educational Global Climate Modeling Project

by Bartosz Czernecki

Kraj bez wyjścia? Migracje z Polski 1949-1989

by Dariusz Stola

Wstęp i spis treści książki

Emigracja pomarcowa

by Dariusz Stola

Knowledge and practice of caries prevention in mothers from Bialystok, Poland

by IJCRIMPH Journal

The rise and fall of the Third Site of Ballistic Missile Defense

by Nik Hynek

co-authored with Vit Stritecky (20% contribution), published in "Communist and Post-Communist Studies", Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 179-187. ISSN 0967-067X

Paulo Romanowski A CONSTRUÇÃO DO PODER MONÁRQUICO E DA FIGURA DOS REIS POLANOS NA GESTA PRINCIPIUM POLONORUM DE GALO ANÔNIMO

by Paulo Romanowski

Paulo Romanowski - dissertação - 2009 - pghis

by Paulo Romanowski

W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz, Solidarity and Non-Violent Political Struggle in Poland, Journal of Human Values, 8.1 (2002).

by W Julian Korab-Karpowicz

The text was originally published as W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz, “Freedom from Hate: Solidarity and the Nonviolent Political Struggle in Poland,” Journal of Human Values, 8.1, 2002: 56-66.

Solidarity (in Polish “Solidarnosc”), a trade union and an independent social movement, was born in August 1980 after... more Solidarity (in Polish “Solidarnosc”), a trade union and an independent social movement, was born in August 1980 after mass strikes which swept all over Poland. However, in spite of the wide support it enjoyed in Polish society, it was outlawed in December 1981 and its leaders were imprisoned. If one is suppressed by force, one can answer with force. One has a right to defend oneself. The right to self-preservation has been recognized as a fundamental right of an individual, but also of society. Why did Solidarity not answer force with force? Was it an ethical standpoint that Solidarity used peaceful means only in its defense or a utilitarian or pragmatic strategy? Before I answer these questions, I shall first make some remarks about the nature of the communist political system which existed in Poland the World War II. Thus, I wish to point out the sources of injustice that existed in that country. As a response to this injustice, Solidarity arose.

Powiernictwo w prawie polskim na tle porównawczym

by Piotr Stec

Reprivatisation of Nationalised Property in Poland, (in:) E. Cooke (ed.): Modern Studies in Property Law, vol. 1: Property 2000, Hart Publishing, Oxford 2001, p. 357-371

by Piotr Stec

PRL na talerzu: Rzeczywistość kulinarna Polski Ludowej (Propozycja projektu badawczego) «Peoples Poland on the Plate: Culinary Reality in Communist

by Grzegorz Piotrowski

published in Nationalities Affairs (Sprawy Narodowościowe), issue: 28 / 2006, pages: 143158

This article sketches some of the main directions in which research could go,
mentioning the most important... more This article sketches some of the main directions in which research could go,
mentioning the most important issues that construct the social reality of those times,
mainly regarding food as a research subject. By trying to reconstruct social realities
(especially food consumption patterns) more than just a simple ethnographical description
is given; questions raised about the relations between everyday life and official
state propaganda can also be answered. Furthermore, issues connected with
gender studies (such as the position of women in the household hierarchy, their control
over food flows and their associated responsibility) and family life and structure
are considered.
The aim to create the New Man, as defined by communist propaganda, was one
of the leading aims of such propaganda, especially in the 1950s. Moving the responsibility
for most of the decisions from an individual level to the level of society had
also its influence on food, which became a social issue. Because of this, the state tried
to take responsibility for feeding people by establishing cheap, subsidised food bars
and canteens in schools and workplaces. That situation inevitably lead to confrontation
with tradition and traditional images connected to food and its consumption.

European Union's funds as an opportunity to promote film tourism: the Polish case

by Sylwia Kucharska

Kucharska, S., 2012. European Union's funds as an opportunity to promote film tourism: the Polish case. In M. Skakun ed. 2012. 1st Belgrade International Tourism Conference 2012: Contemporary Tourism - Wishes and Opportunities BITCO 2012 The Conference Proceedings. Belgrade. College of Tourism, pp. 339-350.

Enlisting and Updating: Ruggero Vasari and the Shifting Coordinates of Futurism in Eastern and Central Europe

by Maria Elena Versari

"International Yearbook of Futurism Studies"
ed. by Günter Berghaus (1) (November 2011): 277–298

Mesjasz Lewicy Sierakowski (in Polish)

by Karolina Króliczek

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Sierakowski

The paper analyze the Left wing environment focused around Political Critique Journal and gives the reflection about... more The paper analyze the Left wing environment focused around Political Critique Journal and gives the reflection about that left environment in Poland. Also cited by Wikipedia Resources.

Welfare state as an idea of gender equality. Comparative analysis Sweden vs. Poland

by Karolina Króliczek

The paper was supervised by Steven Saxonberg (Masaryk University) and produced under the course Swedish Public Policy on Masaryk University (Brno), Faculty of Social Science

Interaction between hunter - gatherers and farmers during the Neolithic in Poland

by Mateusz Michno

Reflections of the Other: Images of women in the Polish business press

by Monika Kostera

Published in: (2003) Human Resource Development International 6/ 3, p. 325 - 342.

After the fall of state communism, the business press in Poland became an active image designer for people involved in... more After the fall of state communism, the business press in Poland became an active image designer for people involved in management. Shaping the stereotypes about the market, enterprises and management, it also has an effect on gender related stereotypes and images. A study of a widespread Polish business magazine reveals a pretty flat picture: women managers are typically portrayed in traditional female social roles and the images of men are stripped of feelings and individuality. However, a trend toward the emergence of some variety can be noticed and perhaps can the presence of women contribute to a major change in management?