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Processes of recruitment and selection of political elites as a theoretical concept

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Dutkiewicz G.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2014

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issue 3

99-110

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The article is an attempt to reveal processes of recruitment and selection of political elites, including channels and types of political careers. Its point of departure is an analysis of chosen views of political elites’ researchers and their theories of political elites presented in literature on the subject, in the frames of which those processes occur.

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Rządzeni o rządzących. Problem alienacji i niereprezentatywności polskiej klasy politycznej

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Marzęcki R.

Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Politologica

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2015

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issue 15

205-221

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The main object of analyses provided in the paper is one of the key problems of contemporary Poland’s democracy, i.e. the “destructive” model of political rivalry. Action aimed at discrediting a rival in direct “confrontation” proves more beneficial than long-term planning resulting in realization of positive reform plan. As a result political elites cater to their own political needs forgetting about their social role in regard to citizens. As a consequence the gap between the society and politics grows even bigger. The society becomes more and more depoliticized. Indicators of associating oneself with political parties are the lowest in the whole of European Union. Most of the citizens admit they have no-one to vote for, they do not associate themselves even with the party they are voting for the general perception of politicians is extremely critical. It seems that it is important to put clearer emphasis on the fact that the whole of the political stage is responsible for said negative phenomenon.

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Современные беларуские и украинские политические элиты: генезис, сущность, значение

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Rust M.

Przegląd Europejski

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2012

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vol. 2012 (26)(3)

71-82

PL

Contemporary political elites of Belarus and Ukraine play a very important role in the development of socio-political processes in both post-Soviet republics. Not only comparison, but even an attempt to describe them is a difficult task. First of all, because there is little research about the political elites of these two countries as such. To describe and understand the contemporary Belarusian and Ukrainian political elites, we have to study in detail their functioning in the Soviet period. It is necessary to compare current political elites in the post-Soviet area regarding their different characteristics (structure, origin, internal relations etc.) and including different levels (for example power elite and counter-elites).

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Elita polityczna Polski wobec wyzwań Euromajdanu i kryzysu ukraińskiego w latach 2013-2014

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Karolak-Michalska M.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2016

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issue 4(361)

181-202

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The author analyzes the Polish political elite’s reactions to the events in Ukraine at the end of 2013 and in 2014. The aim of the analysis is to study the behavior of state authorities, as well as parliamentary groups toward the Euromaidan and the Ukrainian crisis, and also an attempt to answer the question about the role of Poland in the above context on the international arena. Particular sections of the article explore the activity of state authorities, including the president, prime minister, and the head of Polish diplomacy, indicating the successes and failures of their actions. The author draws attention to the attitude of political parties to the socio-political situation in Ukraine. The author concludes that the current Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Russian relations, as well as the recurring question of the Polish security policy on the European arena pose a challenge to the Polish political elite.

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Staff training of professional politicians in Ukraine: problem aspects and ways of solving

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Kornievskyy O.

Reality of Politics

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2020

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issue 14

77-89

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The article analyzes the major factors that have led to a lack of professionalism and competence among some of the politicians in power in Ukraine in recent years. One such factor may be the ability of a large part of citizens to come to power with financial and administrative resources in the conditions of broad access to public administration and local self-government, and many of these figures do not have a clear idea of governance and are driven by interested motives. The desire of Ukrainian society to replace the old ruling elite with new political forces by voting in parliamentary and local elections for newly created parties should also be considered, but it should be noted that most of their party list has never had political or managerial experience. Therefore, the emphasis is placed on the organization of stafftraining for professional political activity, primarily on the basis of leading higher education institutions that train civil servants, as well as political parties and public organizations aimed at educating future political leaders. The National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine plays a leading role in staffing public administration activities, while among non-governmental organizations, the “Young Batkivshchyna” NGO, the First Ukrainian Academy of Politics, the Ukrainian Leadership Academy, and the School of Democratic Governance for Youth should be singled out.

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Elita PZPR w dokumentach dyplomacji sowieckiej z lat 1959-1964

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Szumiło M.

Komunizm: system – ludzie - dokumentacja

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2015

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issue 4

291-328

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Women's Participation in Politics: Ukrainian Case

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Alexey S.

Studies of Changing Societies

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2014

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vol. 2013

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issue 3

53-66

EN

The international practices takes into account the question of women's participation in the political life of modern Ukraine. The selection of the state was due to the dynamic process of democratic transformation - the separation of powers, the formation of multi-party competition among political actors in the electoral process, the activity women in the various institutions of civil society. The position was claimed on the basis of empirical data range of academic institutions and reputable sociological centers, and also interviews with experts who said that the creation of real conditions for self-realization by women's interest in politics is only possible for long term. The process is controversial and caused by political culture, traditions and interests of the ruling class represented mainly by men.

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Rok 1989 z perspektywy przedstawicieli klasy politycznej

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Karkowska M.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

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2021

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vol. 65

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issue 2

63-87

PL

This article is an attempt to reconstruct the perceptions of 1989 of members of parliament who had a key influence on the systemic changes. The author traces the similarities, differences, and transformations of their narratives on this subject. The article is based on interviews conducted as part of two studies (the first was conducted in 1994–1995, the second in 2018–2020) with the same seven leading Polish politicians from the ruling and opposition political groups. The author describes both studies, with an explanation of the methodology and an analysis of the collected material. Both are presented from the perspective of a researcher belonging to this generation of sociologists, for whom the materials from the first study have become mainly a historical source and were the basis for the work involved in the second research project. The analysis focuses on the similarities and differences in interpreting themes at two points in time, for instance, perceptions of 1989, descriptions of the political elite and its relationship with society, and ways of presenting the phenomena generally referred to as “the transformation.”

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Современные беларуские и украинские политические элиты: генезис, сущность, значение

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Rust M.

Przegląd Europejski

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2012

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issue 3(26)

70–81

PL

Współczesne elity polityczne Białorusi i Ukrainy odgrywają bardzo istotną rolę w rozwoju procesów społeczno-politycznych obu republik postradzieckich. Nie tylko ich porównanie, lecz sama próba opisu jest zadaniem trudnym. Przede wszystkim dlatego, że istnieje mało prac naukowych, poświęconych elitom politycznym tych dwóch państw. Żeby opisać i zrozumieć współczesne białoruskie i ukraińskie elity polityczne, trzeba szczegółowo zbadać radziecki okres ich funkcjonowania. Porównywać współczesne elity polityczne na obszarze postradzieckim należy na różnych płaszczyznach (struktura, geneza, relacje wewnętrzne itd.) oraz na różnych poziomach (np. elita władzy i kontrelita).

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Contemporary political elites of Belarus and Ukraine play a very important role in the development of socio-political processes in both post-Soviet republics. Not only comparison, but even an attempt to describe them is a difficult task. First of all, because there is little research about the political elites of these two countries as such. To describe and understand the contemporary Belarusian and Ukrainian political elites, we have to study in detail their functioning in the Soviet period. It is necessary to compare current political elites in the post-Soviet area regarding their different characteristics (structure, origin, internal relations etc.) and including different levels (for example power elite and counter-elites).

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Trzy generacje polityczne regionalnej elity samorządowej

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Betkiewicz W., Kotnarowski M., Wasilewski J.

Studia Socjologiczne

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2018

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issue 1(228)

7-34

PL

Artykuł przedstawia wyniki empirycznego badania elity regionalnej. Próba liczy 400 osób i składa się z radnych obecnej (2014–2018) kadencji sejmików wojewódzkich i wielkich miast. Pytania badawcze skupiają się na wymianie elit i na różnicach strukturalnych oraz rekrutacyjnych między wyróżnionymi pokoleniami politycznymi w regionalnej elicie. Wyjściowa przesłanka zakładała, że generacje polityczne uformowane w różnych fazach zmiany systemowej i mające różne zadania do wykonania, będą znacząco odmienne. Wyróżniono trzy pokolenia: transformacyjne (wchodzili do samorządowej polityki przed 1997 rokiem), potransformacyjne (w latach 1997–2003) i unijne (od 2004 roku). Podstawowe wyniki wskazują na ograniczoną skalę wymiany elit (dwa pierwsze pokolenia polityczne przeważają) i na stosunkowo niewielkie róż nice między generacjami, tak strukturalne, jak rekrutacyjne. Hipotetycznie wiążemy to z faktem, że przedstawiciele pokoleń transformacyjnego i potransformacyjnego nie odzwierciedlają cech swoich generacji z czasów ich formowania, lecz tej ich części, która przetrwała na samorządowo-politycznych pozycjach do 2017 roku.

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The article presents the results of the empirical study on regional elite in Poland done from the theory of elites perspective. The sample consists of 400 councillors of the 2014-2018 term of regional (voivodships’) assemblies and town councils of big cities. Research questions relate to the exchange of elites (circulation-reproduction thesis) and the differences in structural characteristics and the ways of the recruitment into the regional elite between three political generations. The initial premise was that political generations formed in different phases of systemic change and having various tasks to perform would be signiﬁcantly different. A distinction between three political generations has been drawn: transformational (started political activity before 1997), post-transformation (in 1997–2003) and the EU generation (2004 or later). The key ﬁndings indicate that an exchange of elites is limited. Moreover, there are relatively small differences between generations in both structural properties and the ways of recruitment into the elite. We hypothetically associate this with the fact that representatives of transformational and post-transformational generations do not reﬂect the characteristics of their generations during these generations’ formation period (before 1997 and before 2004, respectively). They reveal the features of only those who survived in the regional-political positions until 2017.

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Ocena elit politycznych w wystąpieniach w Sejmie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej VIII kadencji

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Stefaniuk M.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio G (Ius)

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2019

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vol. 66

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issue 1

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The problems investigated in the present study concern the way of how political elites are perceived in the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament, the empirical material (the subject of research) being the speeches delivered in the 8th term Sejm of the Republic of Poland. The image of political elites is definitely critical because only the historical elites were positively assessed (from the Constitution of the 3rd of May to the attitude of the elites during the Second World War), except for the “so-called” communist elites. Many accusations are leveled by representatives of the current ruling elite against the European Union elites (the so-called Brussels elites) and the elites of the Third Republic of Poland. The ruling elite after 2015, recognizing themselves (although reluctantly) as a political elite, very strongly emphasise that they are not the government of the elites and do not act in the interest of the latter but for the sake of ordinary citizens. The previous political elite should be replaced by the national elite. It is not merely a conceptual change but this emphasises that power should be exercised by people who correctly identify the needs of the nation. It is a reaction against the policies conducted by the governments of the Third Republic of Poland when, according to those now in power, the interest of the whole of society was not properly looked after, but only that of the elites. There are few statements by representatives of the opposition that would counter the critical assessment of the political elites which governed after 1989. The exception is the statements defending the judicial elites as authorities who are the only ones capable of opposing the actions of the current government. The process of replacement of elites is noticeable in all the spheres of social life.

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Problematyka podjęta w niniejszym opracowaniu dotyczy sposobu, w jaki są postrzegane elity polityczne w niższej izbie polskiego parlamentu, przy czym materiał empiryczny (przedmiot badań) stanowią wystąpienia na forum Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej VIII kadencji. Obraz elit politycznych jest zdecydowanie krytyczny, gdyż pozytywnie oceniano jedynie elity historyczne (od czasów Konstytucji 3 Maja po postawę elit w czasie II wojny światowej), z wyjątkiem „tak zwanej” elity komunistycznej. Wiele zarzutów przedstawiciele aktualnej elity rządzącej podnoszą w stosunku do elit Unii Europejskiej (tzw. elit brukselskich) oraz elit III Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Elita rządząca po 2015 r., uznając siebie (choć niezbyt chętnie) za elitę polityczną, wyjątkowo mocno podkreśla, iż nie jest rządem elit i nie działa w ich interesie, lecz dla dobra zwykłych obywateli. Dotychczasowa elita polityczna powinna zostać zastąpiona elitą narodową. Nie jest to jedynie zmiana pojęciowa, lecz podkreślenie, iż władzę powinni sprawować ludzie, którzy właściwie rozpoznają potrzeby narodu. Jest to reakcja na politykę prowadzoną przez rządy III Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, kiedy – zdaniem obecnie sprawujących władzę – nie dbano o interesy ogółu społeczeństwa, a wyłącznie elit. Ze strony przedstawicieli elity opozycyjnej niewiele jest wypowiedzi dających odpór krytycznej ocenie elit politycznych, które rządziły po 1989 r. Wyjątkiem są głosy biorące w obronę elity sędziowskie jako autorytety, które jako jedyne mogą przeciwstawić się działaniom aktualnej władzy. Dostrzegany jest proces wymiany elit we wszystkich dziedzinach życia społecznego.

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ELITY POLITYCZNE W LOKALNEJ STRUKTURZE SAMORZĄDU TERYTORIALNEGO

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Dutkiewicz G.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2019

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issue 4

75-86

PL

Kogo zaliczamy do lokalnych elit politycznych – kim są ludzie, którzy uczestniczą w podejmowaniu decyzji w ważnych dla wspólnoty lokalnej sprawach oraz decydują o jej rozwoju i przyszłości. Mając na uwadze wskazane kwestie w swoich rozważaniach dokonu-ję ogólnej refleksji problemu, jak zaproponowano w tytule niniejszego artykułu – Elity polityczne w lokalnej strukturze samorządu terytorialnego.

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Who do we count among the local political elite - who are the people who participate in making decisions on important matters for the local community and decide about its de-velopment and future. Analyzing these issues in my considerations I make a general reflec-tion of the problem, as proposed in the title of this article – Political elites in the local of government structure.

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Processes of recruitment and selection of political elites as a theoretical concept

Rządzeni o rządzących. Problem alienacji i niereprezentatywności polskiej klasy politycznej

Современные беларуские и украинские политические элиты: генезис, сущность, значение

Elita polityczna Polski wobec wyzwań Euromajdanu i kryzysu ukraińskiego w latach 2013-2014

Staff training of professional politicians in Ukraine: problem aspects and ways of solving

Elita PZPR w dokumentach dyplomacji sowieckiej z lat 1959-1964

Women's Participation in Politics: Ukrainian Case

Rok 1989 z perspektywy przedstawicieli klasy politycznej

Современные беларуские и украинские политические элиты: генезис, сущность, значение

Trzy generacje polityczne regionalnej elity samorządowej

Ocena elit politycznych w wystąpieniach w Sejmie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej VIII kadencji

ELITY POLITYCZNE W LOKALNEJ STRUKTURZE SAMORZĄDU TERYTORIALNEGO