Mixed opinions: public attitudes towards the welfare state in Poland

• Authors: Gavin Rae , Katarzyna Piotrowska

Title variants

PL

Opinie mieszane: postawy wobec państwa opiekuńczego w Polsce

Abstracts

PL

Niniejszy artykuł analizuje opinię publiczną w Polsce w odniesieniu do polityki i struktur państwa opiekuńczego. Rozpoczynamy od przedstawienia głównych badań nad modelami państwa opiekuńczego, w szczególności opierając się na typologii państwa opiekuńczego Espinga-Andersena. Następnie przedstawiamy istniejące sprzeczne badania dotyczące tego, czy w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej (EŚW), w tym w Polsce, można zidentyfikować odrębny model państwa opiekuńczego. Wykorzystujemy to jako kontekst analizy opinii Polaków na temat państwa opiekuńczego. Nasze badania wykorzystują oryginalne dane ilościowe uzyskane z badania przeprowadzonego na reprezentatywnej próbie w Polsce. W polskim społeczeństwie istnieje szczególnie silne poparcie dla aspektów socjaldemokratycznego modelu państwa opiekuńczego. Co więcej, duża część polskiego społeczeństwa nadal popiera niektóre struktury opiekuńcze istniejące w czasach komu nizmu. Jednocześnie w najbardziej uprzywilejowanych grupach społecznych istnieje znaczne poparcie dla liberalnego modelu państwa opiekuńczego. Z analizy wynika zatem, że opinie polskiego społeczeństwa są mieszane, co do pewnego stopnia odzwierciedla hybrydowy charakter państwa opiekuńczego.

EN

This paper examines public opinion in Poland towards welfare policies and structures. We start by outlining the main research into welfare state models, in particular drawing on the welfare state typologies of Esping-Andersen. We then outline the existing contradictory research that exists on whether a distinct welfare state model is identifiable in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Poland. We use this as a context to analyse the opinions of Poles towards the welfare state. Our research uses original quantitative data garnered from a survey carried out on a representative sample in Poland. There is particular strong support for aspects of the social democratic welfare state model within Polish society. Furthermore, large sections of Polish society remain supportive of some of the welfare structures that were existent during Communism. Concurrently, there is significant support for a liberal welfare state model within the most privileged sections of society. The analysis therefore finds that the opinions of Polish society are mixed, which to some degree reflects the hybrid nature of its welfare state.

Keywords

EN

welfare state; Poland; post-socialist; de-commodification; public opinion; liberal; social democratic; conservative

PL

państwo opiekuńcze; Polska; postsocjalistyczny; dekomodyfikacja; opinia publiczna; liberalny; socjaldemokratyczny; konserwatywny

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 137-161

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Gavin Rae

• Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego, Warszawa, Polska

• https://orcid.org/0000000326675180

author

Katarzyna Piotrowska

• Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego, Warszawa, Polska

• https://orcid.org/0000000225288552

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/rpeis.2022.84.4.09

Biblioteka Nauki

28788515