What Does it Mean to be a Female Citizen in Poland? Civil activity of Women in the Province of Silesia in the Perspective of Quantitative Research

• Authors: Justyna Tomczyk

Abstracts

EN

The paper is a report on the quantitative research of civil activity of women in the Province of Silesia (N = 200). Research technique used here is CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview). The starting point of the proposal is conceptualisation of term of active citizenship and subsequently identification specific indicators that will be taken to represent the phenomenon explored (such as political participation, interest in government, law enforcement, altruism and volunteering, trust in people and institutions, and the use of the privileges of direct democracy).The article shows the importance of this project for development of civil society in Poland and the possibility of change that can be achieved in this way.

Keywords

EN

civil activity; women; political participation; democracy; voting

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 3(18)
• Pages: 253-264

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Justyna Tomczyk

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2157682