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SOCIETY OR CIVIC SOCIETY? FROM ANCIENT IDEAS TO TODAY'S PARADIGMS OF SUBJECT CITIZENSHIP (Spoleczenstwo czy spoleczenstwa obywatelskie? Od dawnych idei do dzisiejszych wzorów podmiotowego obywatelstwa)

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Sadowski I.
Studia Polityczne (Political Studies)
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2008
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issue 22
215-238
EN
The article dwells on the evolution of the concept of civic society, which has been undergoing, and continues to undergo, the influence of changes in the socio-political context. This contextuality can be seen, in particular, in its history, which simultaneously persuades that there is a common vector which may be perceived in the parallel fates of a concept and of its designates; what is significant here is the turbulent and non-uniform process of society's emancipation which has been occurring in modern times. This perspective also makes it possible to look at contemporary civic societies as positioned along the same vector. Its image is being re-constructed on the basis of a taxonomical analysis of aggregated data obtained from research carried out under the International Social Survey Programme 2004: Citizenship. The diversification of attitudes and of the paradigms of citizen activity in contemporary democracies is certainly multidimensional; however, the direction of its main axis is set out by post-industrial social formation and post-materialist orientations.
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In Quest for the Model of Civic Social Policy

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Kaminski S.
Problemy Polityki Społecznej. Studia i Dyskusje
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2006
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vol. 9
33-41
EN
The aim of the article is to present one of the possible models of social policy - civic social policy. The author argues that traditional models such as those proposed by Esping- Andersen are based on the ideological criteria, which makes it difficult to accept one of them by all political parties. Therefore, the solution is to create model which concerns ways of accomplishment of social policy rather than ideology. Presenting the concept of civic social policy, the author argues that not only government, but also citizens and companies should be responsible for social and economic life. The subsidiarity should be the main rule organizing the social policy. The social capital can be used to accomplish some social tasks. When choosing the contractor of social tasks, price should not be the only criteria, but direct and indirect results rather.
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THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO EDITIONS OF THE 'LEADER' PROGRAMME IN PORTUGAL

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Halamska M.
Wieś i Rolnictwo
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2005
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issue 4(129)
47-56
EN
After two editions of the 'LEADER' programme Portugal is assessed as a country which has implemented that EU initiative in an exemplary manner. During the programme's second edition the network of local activity groups covered the entire territory of Portugal. The article describes the effects of implementation of programmes adopted for 1991-1993 and 1994-1999 in terms of the number, types, value and material results of the launched projects, as well as in terms of the programmes' social and political achievements (such as the emergence of a network of non-governmental organisations and decentralization of the state). The article also presents the role of the implemented programmes in the country's rural development.
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THE CITIZENS AND THE CONSUMERS. FREE MARKET, DEMOCRACY AND THE CIVIC SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF TURBOCAPITALISM (Obywatele i konsumenci. Wolny rynek, demokracja i spoleczenstwo obywatelskie w epoce turbokapitalizmu)

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Sowa J.
Problemy Polityki Społecznej. Studia i Dyskusje
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2007
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vol. 10
89-107
EN
The article aims to verify the popular thesis that capitalism inevitably leads to the democratic system. In author's opinion such an assumption is a part of the threatening postpolitical ideology. According to postpolitical ideology the decisions on the most important social problems shouldn't be a political issue, but the concern of experts and managers acting in the name of capitalist-liberal consensus. However, stresses the author, in the first part of the article, during two last centuries the cornerstones of democracy - that is: civic rights, gender equality, education for all, equal chances in the public sphere - weren't a 'gift' of the capitalist system but an effect of emancipatory efforts of different social groups. It is not the market but the public policy who is responsible for achieving the public welfare. In the second part of the article discusses the neoliberal ideology threats to democracy, that is: the apotheosis of consumption and the depreciation of the idea of the common good.
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LUBUSKIE NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR AS A FOUNDATION FOR CREATING A LOCAL CIVIC SOCIETY

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Los-Tomiak A., Wyrwa J.
Rocznik Lubuski
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2007
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vol. 33
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issue 2
177-202
EN
The article presents a description of the non-governmental sector in the Lubuskie region. In the thesis there is made an appraisal of the efficiency and effectiveness of acting in the perspective of participation in structures, forms and areas of action. Moreover, the article presents and analyses ways of financing programs and initiatives as well as the profile of expenses. The article also underlines the essential meaning of non-governmental institutions social employment, which is contributing to the construction and local development of a civic society.
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THE CREATION AND PRACTICING OF LOCAL DEMOCRACY IN POLAND

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Halamska M.
Wieś i Rolnictwo
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2006
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issue 3(132)
9-25
EN
Local authorities are the only democratically elected public institution in Poland that has been enjoying stable positive opinions of the residents since the very moment of its formation. At the same time, however, elections to local councils are characterised by a very low turn-out. The article presents a brief description of the history of formation of local governments and the evolution of opinions about local authorities, and characterizes all the local elections held so far: in 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002. Against the background of the general political situation the article presents changes in the principles governing the elections, turn-out at the polls and the results of elections. The final part of the article deals with the reasons for low turn-out and the role of political parties in the development of local democracy.
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Kontrola społeczna administracji publicznej - udział obywateli w zarządzaniu

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Tabernacka M.
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2013
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vol. 58
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issue 2 (349)
83-103
EN
The article presents issues related to social control of the public administration, which is an important tool for providing the citizens with an opportunity to voice their opinions on matters related to the functioning of the state and its bodies. The article explains its basis, as well as its main instruments, forms and scope. The author of the article also recalls that social control institutions allow for using the involvement of ordinary citizens in the management of public issues, which should contribute to increased participation of the citizens in administering and to further development of the civic society. Thanks to opportunities that social control provides for both the authorities and the citizens, Poland can be regarded by its citizens as their joint property.
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Społeczeństwo obywatelskie a sfera publiczna

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Calhoun C.
Roczniki Nauk Społecznych
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2011
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vol. 3(39)
9-27
EN
The author tries to prove the thesis that the conception of public sphere is a factor that decides the future of democracy. It has connected civil society and the state with the principle saying that social communication is able to inform the legislators and state administration about how they should serve the interests of all the citizens. While civil society reflects the struggle that tries to reconcile individual profits with building an ethical community, public sphere plays the key role in finding new areas of common good and in working out both social and individual strategies in order to achieve it. An ideal project of public sphere assumes that all its participants express their opinions as equals; however, reality shows that inequality and domination still distort social communication. An open and dynamic public sphere is the dimension of civil society that is the most important one for democracy, as it helps build the demos in the literal sense of the word – as a community that is able to create its own future. Public sphere functions owing to communication; it connects cultural creativity, selective and consolidated traditions, and a well thought out debate; and all this in order to give information to the citizens participating in it and to influence the state and other institutions.
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EVROPSKÁ OBČANSKÁ INICIATIVA JAKO NÁSTROJ ROZVOJE OBČANSKO-POLITICKÉ PARTICIPACE POHLEDEM KONCEPTU STRUKTURY POLITICKÝCH PŘÍLEŽITOSTÍ

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Novotný L., Maškarinec P.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2017
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vol. 49
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issue 1
81 – 108
EN
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is the institutional innovations that have sought to enhance the participatory nature of EU politics. This paper demonstrates that the current form of ECI is not a tool for active participation of citizens in shaping of the European politics. On the contrary, the practice of the ECI is totally at odds with the reasons why this tool was anchored in the Lisbon Treaty. Similarly, a high number of rejected registrations suggests, that the Commission itself sees that it is unable to solve the problem, or it is not willing to agree to enforce fundamental changes. Actually, there were registered only those initiatives that was focused on particulars. Thus, although the dynamic multilevel model of political opportunity structure might suggest that the ECI institutional settings is an example of an open international (European) political opportunity structure, our analysis showed, that, in practice, this is markedly closed political opportunity structure, mainly due to the influence of the Commission. Significant decrease of submitted ECI, after three years since the introduction of this institute, confirms that the initial euphoria of the involvement of citizens to the decision-making mechanisms of the EU does not take place, and instead of strengthening democratization and the creation of a common European political space, the ECI may act more in the direction of further deepening of the democratic deficit and alienating European citizens from the idea of a common Europe.
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PRESENTATION OF CHARITY IN THE MEDIA AS AN EXAMPLE OF MEDIA RESPONSIBILITY (Wolontariat w mediach jako przyklad odpowiedzialnych mediow)

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Wcisel W.
Biuletyn Edukacji Medialnej
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2011
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issue 1
47-58
EN
The article attempts to answer the question whether the presentation of charity and volunteering in the media gives testimony to the media responsibility to develop civic society. Are the media duty-bound to support a society based upon action, especially charity action? Is the presentation of charity in the media inspiring or rather demotivating the audience to take action as volunteers? What is the cooperation between organizations of volunteers and the media? The author postulates that some possible means of promoting charity in the media and raising the journalists' awareness of the media responsibility, especially with reference to civic society, should be taken into consideration. In the context of 2011, which by the decision of the Council of the European Union is the year of the European Year of Volunteering, this article should be regarded as a valuable study and an incentive to discuss the possibilities of the media engagement in promoting charity and volunteering.
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Kilka uwag o stanie obecnej współpracy między administracją publiczną a sektorem obywatelskim w Polsce w sferze polityki społecznej

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Blicharz J.
Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne
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2013
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vol. XI
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issue 1
29-42
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The economically and politically globalizing world makes it necessary, to a greater and greater extent, to search for solutions which would allow to face new dimensions of economic and social problems. The gradual withdrawal of the state from the role of the main provider of benefits, as well as the wider and wider differentiation as regards the manner of performing functions by the state, which appear to be clearly modeled on the practice of other sectors nowadays, create a new context for the functioning of subjects of a civic society. Numerous debates connected with the post-socialist transformation usually draw attention solely to fundamental changes within the economic system, while the new polity that is emerging in consequence of the transformation implies not only a new form of the state, but also a new model of the non-governmental sector, the latter – on the other hand – is clearly exerting an influence on the transformation of the functioning of the public administration in Poland. Indeed, it is evident that the role of the public administration must undergo thorough modifications, yet reforms carried out cannot consist in that the activity of the civic (non-governmental) sector related to rendering public services will be treated as a substitute of social aid. It can and should complement the latter.
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