Nieposłuszeństwo obywatelskie a demokracja

• Authors: Michał Kaczmarczyk

Title variants

EN

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND DEMOCRACY

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper addresses key problems of modern democracy and its instability in the context of social change. The author claims that civil disobedience along with culture of non-conformism play a crucial role among the institutions of which democratic order consists. Civil disobedience is a factor of democratic stability even though its occurrence may seem to be incidental. The main reason for this claim is the fact that civil disobedience defines democratic values transcending the rule of law i. e. values that constantly define the socially desired form of the civil community and its understanding of justice.

Keywords

EN

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE; DEMOCRACY; NON-CONFORMISM

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 1(208)
• Pages: 21-40

Contributors

author

Michał Kaczmarczyk

• Instytut Filozofii, Socjologii i Dziennikarstwa Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, ul. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-952 Gdańsk