The study focused on the composition of management boards, supervisory boards and proxies in all Polish joint stock companies. This investigation resulted in construction of a database accessible via Internet, in which data of 60.014 people and 6556 JSCs have been collected.
Contemporary enterprises more and more often act in form of groups called: concems, hołdings, multinational corporations, strategic alliances or joint ventures. There are many potential reasons of this phenomenon but the opinions about them are diverse. The taxonomy of reasons for the corporate concentration process is presented in the article. German and Anglo-Saxon experiences in this respect are taken into consideration in particular.
The main aim of the article is to present the idea of banal nationalism from the anthropological perspective. Thus, the author shows various examples of nationalist social and cultural practices that seem to be indispensable elements of contemporary postmodern landscapes. However, nationalism is not presented here in its aggressive and common use - it is not related to separatist social movements or radical right-wing political parties. Banal nationalism is rather perceived as a common aspect of 'our' ('Western') everyday life and a specific way of contemporary nation identification. Therefore, the national space is at every turn - to use Michael Billig words - 'flagged' and perceived as 'necessary', 'obvious' and 'natural'. What is more, the anthropological fieldwork the author carried out among international students in Wroclaw shows that even in the times so 'liquid' as ours, it is almost impossible to dispose of the national identity.
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