Changes in Social Structure, Class, and Stratification: The Polish Panel Survey (POLPAN)

• Authors: Kazimierz M. Słomczyński , Irina Tomescu-Dubrow , Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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We present an overview of the intellectual foundations and some major research questions and topics of the Polish Panel Survey (POLPAN). Carried out since 1988 in 5-year intervals, with the latest in 2013, POLPAN is the longest continuously run panel survey on chan ges in social structure, class and stratification in Central and Eastern Europe. The 2018 round is in planning. POLPAN is strongly anchored in recent theoretical innovations surrounding analyses of social structure and its change, as well as in the most up-to-date survey methodology. As such, POLPAN has major substantive and methodological contributions. Substantively, POLPAN constitutes a breakthrough that stems from taking into account individuals’ life courses in a long time span. Methodologically, POLPAN enhances knowledge about how to conduct long-term panel studies and how to assess the quality of this type of data. Social scientists interested in the dynamics of social structure, class, and stratification, as well as political attitudes and behaviors, have a wealth of data with chich to address timeless and timely research questions from a variety of perspectives and fields.

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ASK. Research and Methods
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 19-37

Contributors

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Kazimierz M. Słomczyński

• Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
• Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa

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Irina Tomescu-Dubrow

• Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa

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Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow

• Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa

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