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Głos w dyskusji

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Śliz A.

Diametros

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2006

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issue 8

141-142

PL

Głos w dyskusj: Komunitarianizm: obietnice, nadzieje, ograniczenia

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Contribution to the discussion: Communitarianism: promises, hopes, boundaries

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Zielona wyspa na morzu recesji? Dwie dekady polskiej transformacji w perspektywie socjologicznej

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Szczepański M. S., Śliz A.

Forum Socjologiczne

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2010

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vol. 1

77-91

EN

The aim of the paper is to keep track of the selected elements of the Polish social reality in the last twenty years that may account for the way in which Poland has dealt with its major civilisation challenge. To achieve this, the authors start with an analysis of the Poles’ attitudes towards transformation. Next, they go on to outlining the major categories of the Polish society as a result of the whole process (economic situation, lifestyle and education were some of the variables included at this point). The authors pay some attention to two extremes that have been visible in Polish cities: gated communities and ghettos of poverty. Yet, it is not only within the cities that the differences emerge; for the past twenty years Poland has had to face its old and new regional divisions, now visible also through the prism of the EU dimension of the centre–periphery dichotomy. To sum up, the authors sketch a general picture of the winners and losers of the Polish transformation.

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Multiculturalism: neither racism nor assimilation

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Szczepański M. S., Śliz A.

Nauka

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2019

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issue 3

EN

Contemporary world brings along a continuing interpenetration of cultures strengthened by the migration revolution. The social space created by multiplicity of ethnic groups is very often a result of migration processes which totally formed such states as Canada or Australia. The sources of the European multiculturalism were, on the one hand, the officially accepted workforce, on the other hand – immigration being the effect of the colonial past of such states as France, Great Britain or Germany

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Multiculturalism: idea, ideology, policy

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Nauka

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2019

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issue 3

EN

The article presents the author’s considerations relating to the current and common problem of multiculturalism. Nowadays “multiculturalism” can be defined as co-existence – in the determined physical, social and political sphere as well as in a concrete historical period of time – of many ethnic groups representing different axiological and normative systems. The social created by multiplicity of ethnic groups is very often a result of migration processes which totally formed such states as Canada or Australia. The sources of the European multiculturalism were, on the one hand, the officially accepted workforce as Federal Republic of Germany, on the other one – immigration being the effect of the colonial past of such states as France, Holland or Britain. All these countries took up more or less advanced actions towards being able to deal with the deepening ethnic diversification. There appeared political project – multiculturalism.

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Pogranicze w perspektywie socjologicznej

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Border and Regional Studies

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2014

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vol. 2

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issue 1

52-53

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Wielokulturowe miasta

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Szczepański M., Śliz A.

Przegląd Socjologiczny

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2011

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vol. 60

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issue 2-3

47-66

PL

Wielokulturowe miasta pojawiły się wraz z początkiem procesu urbanizacji. Wielość kultur w miejskiej przestrzeni występowała zarówno w miastach starożytnych, nowoczesnych, jak i współczesnych global cities. Wielokulturowość miast odczytujemy przez pryzmat cech kulturowych i społecznych mieszkańców, a także miejskiej architektury. Fundamentem wielokulturowości miast jest zjawisko migracji, które kieruje rzesze ludzi w ich granice. Przynoszą oni ze sobą zróżnicowane wzorce kulturowe, które eksponują ubiorem, językiem, zachowaniem, stylem i standardem życia. Ale wielokulturowość miast to także rozmaitość dostrzeganej i podziwianej architektury. To ona obiektywizuje kulturowe zróżnicowanie miejskiej przestrzeni, na które składają się budowle sakralne, nekropolie czy wydzielone współcześnie przestrzenie gett i gated communities. Zjawisko wielokulturowości stanowi specyfikę miast, które nauczyły się z nią żyć w harmonii. Jest ona szczególnie potrzebna współczesnym global cities, które charakteryzują się nieznanym w przeszłości poziomem kulturowej różnorodnoćsi.

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Multicultural cities appeared as early as the process of urbanization had begun. Multiplicity of cultures has been present since the time of ancient cities, through modern and contemporary ones, and is present in the so-called global cities as well. Multiculturalism in cities can be recognized by some cultural traits and social characteristics of their citizens as well as by urban architecture. The appearance of multiculturalism in cities is a phenomenon subsequent to migration, which forces people to move into cities. Therefore, they bring various cultural models along with their clothes, language, behavior, style and standard of living. However, multiculturalism in cities is also connected with the diversity of architecture. It is the architecture which objectifies cultural diversity of urban space that includes sacred buildings, cemeteries or gated communities. Multiculturalism has been viewed as a characteristic feature of cities where people learnt to live in harmony. Harmony is especially needed in contemporary global cities which can be characterized by a level of cultural diversity unknown in the past.

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Świętowanie: Komensalizm Ponownie Odczytywany / Celebrating: Commensalism Re-Read

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

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2012

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vol. 56

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issue 4

45-60

EN

Holiday and celebratory traditions have a long but complicated history in Poland. The liberty to express joy at a holiday time has often been stifled by prohibitions on observing certain anniversaries or holidays and the necessity of ceremoniously celebrating others. A common element of private, as well as public, celebrations is the feast-commensalism. Like other phenomena, holiday-making is governed by a set of social norms and patterns, which in this case concern the preparation and consumption of meals. In human history, the forms of commensalism have undergone significant transformation. We can find many examples in literature, and anthropologists and sociologists are also engaged in analysing the phenomena. In this text, we have taken Silesia as the empirical point of reference. Silesia is a region where traditional culinary culture is intertwined with contemporary cuisine, but where tradition comes out decidedly on top. There too, daily commensalism is clearly distinguished from holiday commensalism, which has its own atmosphere and magic.

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Who am I? Identifications and social identities Upper Silesia case

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Szczepański M. S., Śliz A.

Nauka

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2018

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issue 1

EN

For centuries, identity has been an important existential issue, because it organizes human relation with the world. Identity is not only one man's being in a biological sense, but the principle of social and cultural order. The identity is the self-awareness, the result of the social actor's involvement in a variety of network connections which are forming a human being together with the biological dimension. Thus, the identity, on the one hand, is a kind of Erikson's tradition, namely the sense of being human, on the other hand interactionist tradition, modification of identity through a process of interaction. Contemporary world, the world of confronting cultures, raises the need for analysis of identity within many cultures, which has been shaped by continuous contact with different values, norms, patterns of behaviour. Upper Silesia has been our empirical reference point for the discussion on social (regional) identity. Identity of Upper Silesia is the result of a long and complicated history and present day. This identity is created by Polish, German, Czech and Jewish a cultural elements.

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Wielokulturowość i jej socjologiczny sens. Festival Caravan czy wielokulturowe Street Party?

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Śliz A., Szczepanski M. S.

Studia Socjologiczne

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2011

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issue 4(203)

7-25

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Intensyfikacja rozważań związanych ze zjawiskiem wielokulturowości przypada na początek lat siedemdziesiątych XX wieku. Szczególną wtedy rolę odgrywały środowiska intelektualne i polityczne Kanady i Australii, państw jednoznacznie deklarujących gotowość do konsekwentnej realizacji polityki wielokulturowości. Porażka ideologii asymilacyjnych w USA przyczyniła się do powstania wielu publikacji dotyczących wielokulturowości. Wielokulturowość ma wiele wymiarów, a dwa z nich opisał Janusz Mucha. Pierwszy to wielokulturowość etniczna, czyli identyfikacja oparta na cechach wynikających z dziedzi- ctwa przeszłości, a drugi – nieetniczna, stanowiącą rezultat demokratyzacji życia społecznego. W podobnym duchu utrzymany jest podział autorstwa Stanleya Fisha na: silny multikultura- lizm (strong multiculturalism) oraz butikowy multikulturalizm (boutique multiculturalism). Przyjęcie takich wymiarów wielokulturowości uświadamia nam, że zjawisko to jest wszechobecne. Kontakt i przenikanie się różnych tradycji, wzorów, systemów myślowych oraz stosunku do świata, Boga i ludzi stał się czymś nieodwołalnym i nieuchronnym we współczesnym świecie.

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The contemporary debate on multiculturalism began at the beginning of the 1970s, but only on the territory of Canada and Australia. The failure of assimilation ideologies in the USA was the major cause of publication of many papers on multiculturalism, which was perceived as a panacea to any ethnic and cultural issues. Contemporary multiculturalism has many faces, two of which were described by in Janusz Mucha. He distinguishes the ethnic multiculturalism, namely the identification based on characteristics derived from historical heritage, and the non-ethnic one, resulting from democratization of social life. Similarly, Stanley Fish proposes a division into strong multiculturalism and boutique multiculturalism, the latter being characterized by its superficial or cosmetic relationship to the object of its affection. Acceptance of two different ways of understanding multiculturalism makes us realize that it is becoming more and more pervasive. Relations and interference of different traditions, patterns, ways of thinking and attitudes towards the world, God and other people have become something inevitable and irrevocable in contemporary reality.

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Wielokulturowość: idea, teoria i polityka

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

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2020

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vol. 64

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issue 2

175-206

PL

The turn of the millennium brought an increased interest in issues of multiculturalism, which became a focal point for debates about culture, especially in liberal democracies. The question is particularly important in that most people today live in heterocultural societies. The authors thus do not approach multiculturalism as the simple coexistence in society of members of various ethnic groups but rather as a theoretical basis for the scholarly analysis of the state and of society, which implement policies in regard to internal cultural (ethnic) diversity. Multiculturalism thus defines a social space in which people who adhere to different axiological, normative, religious or moral systems, and who are aware of these differences, live together. At the same time, state policy aims to include all of them in a social order which is being modified under the influence of cultural diversity. Multiculturalism can be presented on the one hand as an idea that is not apprehended directly but is known through concepts, and on the other hand, as an entity identified by the senses. The authors illustrate the transition from an idea to a state policy in regard to a multitude of ethnic cultures by reference to Australia and the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Między etnicznością a narodowością. Socjologiczne studium przypadku grupy Górnoślązaków

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2013

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issue 3(348)

117-128

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The difficult and complicated history of Upper Silesia, especially changes in state affiliation, created in the native population the need of a stable identity that would resist political transformations. This led to the formation of the Silesian community, which the latest national census (2011) estimated at 817 thousand. The number is a substantial argument in the strife of Silesians for the recognition of their Silesian nationality, all the more so, since according to the law on national and ethnic minorities and regional language Upper Silesians are neither an ethnic nor a national minority. Hitherto endeavors to register the Silesian nationality proved unsuccessful. But Silesians persist in their efforts. They preserve their cultural system and strive for the recognition of the Silesian idiom as a regional language. Culture and language are important elements defining nationality and Upper Silesians are aware of the fact. In their activity they are supported among others by the Movement for Silesian Autonomy (Ruch Autonomii Śląska), which in its aspiration to the autonomy of Upper Silesia does not forget about the Silesian tradition and above all about the language.

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A Genealogy of Sociological Theories - An Attempt at General Reflection

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Polish Sociological Review

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2015

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vol. 191

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issue 3

355-380

EN

This article attempts to show the asymmetry in the framework of theoretical sociology. This asymmetry concerns the unambiguous domination of Western sociological theoretical systems over theoretical systems from outside theWest’s boundaries.We have in mind here the intellectual domination of representatives of countries of the North over countries of the South. It may be agreed simultaneously that such an asymmetry is acceptable and reasonable, and that it is unjust to ascribe unique truth and appropriateness to the theories of the North in explaining all the phenomena of the whole world-North and South alike. Thus in this article we present, in the historical perspective, selected sociological theories-in our opinion the most important ones-which confirm the validity of the domination of sociological theories of Europe and North America. We reach back to the first sociological systems of, among others, Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber, and the theories of social development. These latter are important in that it is precisely within their framework that two kinds of theories emerged with clear input from scholars of the South: dependency theory and endogenous theories of social development.

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“After the Crisis” The 15th Polish Sociological Congress Szczecin, 11–14 September 2013

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Szczepański M. S., Śliz A.

Polish Sociological Review

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2014

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vol. 184

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issue 4

541-542

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The Transition from Socialist to a Market Economy Privatization: the Point of View of the Polish Society

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Szczepański M. S., Śliz A.

Polish Sociological Review

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2010

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vol. 170

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issue 2

233-246

EN

The aim of this paper is to analyse the process of privatization in Poland.We reflect on the winners and the losers of transformation processes as such, but also of their particular elements which are directly connected with privatization. Privatization in Poland started in the 80s. and is still continuing. From the very beginning privatization was viewed, by liberal governments in Poland, as the key issue in the process of political system transformation, market reforms and implementing economic freedom. Although 60% of Polish citizens agree that capitalist economy basing on private entrepreneurship is the best system for our country, many Polish citizens still represent rather critical approach to market economy because the process of privatization in Poland has been connected with two negative factors: unemployment and corruption. Yet Polish people start to accept new reality seeing advantages of capitalist aspects over socialist ones.

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Kulturowe dylematy polskiej transformacji: między adaptacją a odrzuceniem

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Roczniki Nauk Społecznych

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2019

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vol. 11(47)

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issue 4

31-49

PL

Współczesny świat uwikłany jest w procesy o znaczeniu globalnym. Najważniejsze to globalizacja i metropolizacja, których rezultaty zmieniają polski system ekonomiczny, polityczny i kulturowy. Głównym celem artykułu jest pokazanie zmian, jakie zaszły w polskiej kulturze po 1989 r. Po pierwsze, Polska stała się społeczeństwem zróżnicowanym kulturowo, gdyż żyją tutaj mniejszości etniczne, narodowe czy religijne. Po drugie, do Polski docierają elementy innych kultur, ale także elementy polskiej kultury stały się uniwersalne. To wszystko się dzieje, gdyż Polska została włączona w system światowy.

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Today’s world is undergoing a lot of processes of global significance. The most important of global processes are globalization and metropolization causing system of Polish economic, political and cultural change. In this article the main objective is to show changes in Polish culture after 1989. On the one hand, Poland has become the society of cultural diversity because ethnic, national and religious minorities living here. On the other hand, the elements of different cultures are brought to Poland and Polish elements of culture become universal. All the situations happen because Poland became part of the world system in 1989.

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Wielokulturowość a kapitał społeczny

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Śliz A., Szczepański M. S.

Roczniki Nauk Społecznych

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2014

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vol. 6(42)

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issue 2

13-32

PL

Współczesny świat jest opisywany między innymi przez zjawisko wielokulturowości. To świat przenikania się różnych kultur w konkretnej przestrzeni społecznej będący wynikiem rewolucji migracyjnej. W tym kontekście powstaje pytanie o relacje między wielokulturowością a kapitałem społecznym, czyli siecią kontaktów między ludźmi, a przede wszystkim takich wartości, jak zaufanie i dialog społeczny. Jak wielokulturowość zmienia społeczny kapitał? Z jednej strony mamy negatywny obraz wycofywania się imigrantów z życia społecznego, izolacji i zjawisko gettoizacji. Taki kontekst nie wzmacnia społecznego kapitału. Z drugiej – wzrost tolerancji, dobry dialog społeczny i umiejętność włączania imigrantów do głównego nurtu życia społecznego. To kontekst sprzyjający silnemu kapitałowi społecznemu. Współczesny świat stawia wiele nowych wyzwań i wymaga socjologicznej analizy, której początki prezentujemy w niniejszym artykule.

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The modern world is described among others by multicultural phenomenon. It is the world which penetrates different cultures in the social space. The cultures came here by immigration revolution in the world. In this context arises a question about the relation between multiculturalism and social capital, or networks contact among people and above all values like trust and social dialogue. How has social capital been changed by multiculturalism? On the one hand, we have negative pictures for example withdrawal of immigrants from social life, isolation and gettoization. This context doesn't strengthen the social capital. On the other hand, growth rise of tolerance, good social dialogue and including immigrants in to the mainstream of social life. The modern world sets a lot of new challenges and demands a sociological analysis, the beginnings of which we presents in this article.

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Sami sobie o sobie. Przedzjazdowa ankieta Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego

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Bukraba-Rylska I., Cześnik M., Grabowska I., Kaczmarczyk M., Kowalewski M., Miś L., Nowicka-Franczak M., Słaboń A., Szczepański M. S., Śliz A., Konecki K. T., Sułek A.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

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2023

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vol. 67

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issue 2

231-284

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Głos w dyskusji

Zielona wyspa na morzu recesji? Dwie dekady polskiej transformacji w perspektywie socjologicznej

Multiculturalism: neither racism nor assimilation

Multiculturalism: idea, ideology, policy

Pogranicze w perspektywie socjologicznej

Wielokulturowe miasta

Świętowanie: Komensalizm Ponownie Odczytywany / Celebrating: Commensalism Re-Read

Who am I? Identifications and social identities Upper Silesia case

Wielokulturowość i jej socjologiczny sens. Festival Caravan czy wielokulturowe Street Party?

Wielokulturowość: idea, teoria i polityka

Między etnicznością a narodowością. Socjologiczne studium przypadku grupy Górnoślązaków

A Genealogy of Sociological Theories - An Attempt at General Reflection

“After the Crisis” The 15th Polish Sociological Congress Szczecin, 11–14 September 2013

The Transition from Socialist to a Market Economy Privatization: the Point of View of the Polish Society

Kulturowe dylematy polskiej transformacji: między adaptacją a odrzuceniem

Wielokulturowość a kapitał społeczny

Sami sobie o sobie. Przedzjazdowa ankieta Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego