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THE CONCEPT OF POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FLAWS (Koncept postindustrialni spolecnosti a jeho slabiny)

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Keller J.

Sociológia (Sociology)

2011

vol. 43

issue 4

323-337

The paper deals with some concepts which are used to grasp our social reality. The author confronts optimistic visions regarding the character of post-industrial society with the reality of deindustrialisation. He describes three main causes of the deindustrialization and observes the contradictions between their impacts and expectations that have been formulated by authors of the vision of post-industrial society. This tension is briefly illustrated in the following areas: demographic development, labour market, family and household, social structure, a tendency towards social segregation and social problems. The author deals with the key concept of the service society. The theory of post-industrial society is based on the finding that employment in the tertiary sector is larger than in the industrial sector. Many original expectations of the theorists of the post-industrial society remain disappointed due to the high internal heterogeneity of the service sector and complicated relations between this sector and the industry. The author alerts that the primary function of the service sector remains to serve the industry and the manpower which strongly influence the future of the deindustrialised cities. An attempt is given to specify a typology of services that concretise the author's reasoning. In the conclusion the author analyses the phenomenon of the so called new social risks which were ignored by the conception of post-industrial society.

ON SOME TRENDS OF THE NORDIC HIGHER EDUCATION FACING THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CHANGE (O niektorych trendach nordyckiego szkolnictwa wyzszego wobec wyzwan wspolczesnej zmiany spolecznej)

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Musial K.

Studia Humanistyczne AGH

2011

vol. 10

issue 1

11-22

Along with changes taking place in the modern Nordic societies there is a change in values that have constituted a foundation of the development of higher education systems in this part of Europe. The author's intention is to investigate to what extent the traditional values that had evolved within the framework of the peasant and industrial societies have a chance to survive, or have to change, within the knowledge-based post-industrial regime. The paper presents an image of the current societal change and investigates whether we currently witness an evolution or withering away of the traditionally Nordic values in higher education. A particular attention is paid to the changes in the social democratic model of education and research and the emergence of neoliberal elements in it. The changes are illustrated by examples of the transition taking place from industrial to post-industrial society, from collectivism to individualism and from egalitarianism to elitism.

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THE CONCEPT OF POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FLAWS (Koncept postindustrialni spolecnosti a jeho slabiny)

ON SOME TRENDS OF THE NORDIC HIGHER EDUCATION FACING THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CHANGE (O niektorych trendach nordyckiego szkolnictwa wyzszego wobec wyzwan wspolczesnej zmiany spolecznej)