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Studia BAS
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2020
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issue 2(62)
129-142
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The aim of this paper is to discuss intergenerational mobility in Poland. Main attention is given to subjective perception of social mobility. The author is interested in how individuals perceive, explain and assess their social position and trajectory, and thereby how dynamics of social structure is intertwined with personal experience. She discusses social mobility in terms of objective measures and categories, with particular focus on comparison between respondents’ social status and their fathers’ status, and thereafter compares it with subjective perception of upward or downward social mobility. The analysis is based on three waves of POLPAN survey (1988, 2013, 2018), an academic research project conducted by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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This paper presents findings on the changes in social stratification in Poland, with particular attention given to mobility and marital choices. The author begins with an overview of the concept of social mobility, i.e. shifting of individuals or other categories in social space, including its definitions, indicators, patterns and mechanisms. Next, based on a set of empirical data, the author discusses the patterns of mobility and martial choices in the aftermath of 1989 transition in Poland. Special attention is given to the analysis of the openness of Polish society, opportunities for intergenerational mobility and its consequences.
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2016
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vol. 7
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issue 1
32-36
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The category of professional mobility in the sociological, psychological and pedagogical sci-ence has been defined in the article.
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Vagabonds in the society of the Polish Nobles’ Commonwealth in the context of studies on life cycles (Summary)The purpose of the article is to present a new interpretation of the role played by vagabonds in the society of the Polish Nobles’ Commonwealth divided into estates. The proposed approach on the one hand bases on studies concerning the functioning of socially marginalized people in early modern France and Poland, with which Western historiographers are acquainted, and on the other on a new analysis of Polish source materials mainly relating to the times of Stanisław August Poniatowski. The article is divided into four parts, the first of which presents the output of Polish historiography on the topic of vagabonds. The results of studies describing groups similar to people who were not classified as belonging to any estate and had no permanent home (vagabonds) in Western societies are presented in the second part. The last section contains new findings which undermine some of the universal opinions of Polish historiographers. The last part presents conclusions which indicate greater social mobility than had been previously assumed and the significance of vagabonds in the functioning of the labour market.
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The text presents an interpretation of the Greenpoint (Brooklyn, New York City) Polish immigrant community leaders’ benevolent attitude toward gentrification of the neighborhood. Referring to the evidence from the fieldwork in the neighborhood in 2006 and 2010, including 50 leaders’ oral histories, it is argued here that this benevolence can be explained by the fact that gentrification brings to the leaders – as individuals, and members of families and ethnic group – both material and symbolic upward mobility. This is ‘upward mobility without moving’, without leaders’ agency and despite the fact they have done nothing to have it happened. It is indicated that, contrary to the dominant trend in gentrification studies that expects lower class’ resistance to gentrification, the lower classes members might welcome gentrification because they perceive it as an advantage to their social status and mobility. Additionally, the article points out to immigrants – omitted in gentrification studies – as individuals who are highly achievement oriented and at the same time uncertain about their status in receiving society, and therefore perceiving gentrification as an occasion for personal, their children’s and ethnic group’s social mobility into the mainstream.
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The main focus of the paper is that caste system has always been resilient and dynamic due to its inner inconsistencies and contradictions on the one hand, and due to its interpenetration into economy, polity and culture on the other. The aim of this paper is to understand continuity and change in the caste system. Caste has engaged people, hence it has acquired a meta-legal approval. Caste has never been a simple ritual hierarchy because it has encompassed the entire matrix of socio-economic and political relations. It has been argued that there is a need to reconceptualize caste. Caste is no more simply a system of idea and values. More important is to see actual behaviour of the people vis-à-vis the role of caste as a system. Caste has become a matter of interpretation rather than substantialization. It refers to a purposive rationality. Its discrete use provides a description of the problems of Indian society, polity and economy. However, besides caste, there are new status groups, varied forms of social mobility, and structural processes of change and dominance. In such a situation, “family” and “individual” are emerging as agencies of reproduction of inequality/equality. Caste is becoming more of a state of mind of an individual. Contemporary changes have reshaped caste. The policy of reservations based on caste has kept it alive and vibrant. Protests against caste-based reservations have also contributed to the continuity of caste. Caste may be elusive for some who have distanced from their social and cultural roots, but for others, who continue to be there in villages and towns, caste is enduring, and it is there in practice in one way or other. At times, caste-based outbursts surface, though in everyday life, caste is not so visible as a means of social control.
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The aim of this paper is to assess the importance of class differences in contemporary Poland by studying the effect of social position and mobility on the commensal practices. For this purpose, the author applies Pierre Bourdieu’s multidimensional class model and argues that class effect may be disaggregated into three components: cultural, economic and social capital. Using data from a survey conducted in 2017, he finds support for three hypotheses. First, commensality is more typical for people with higher endowments of economic and cultural capital, but is not related to educational mobility/immobility. Second, commensality is correlated with social capital and social networks and thus potentially conducive to social advantages. Third, commensality goes together with culinary openness and cosmopolitan taste that foster it. Contrary to the thesis of class dissolution, class differences are still operative in contemporary societies.
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The paper presents the results of the analysis of 25 biographical narrative interviews conducted between 2020–2021 with people from working-class backgrounds who, in the process of becoming academic workers, experienced the costs of cultural mobility. International literature suggests that upward mobility is not only a source of satisfaction or prestige but also suffering for academics from the unprivileged classes. Therefore, in our paper, we aim to answer two research questions: (1) what adaptation strategies do academics from the working-class use to deal with difficult experiences?, and (2) what resources do they mobilize at different stages of life (childhood, school years, the beginning of a research career) to implement these strategies? The analysis of empirical material allowed us to distinguish a number of practices that, in the long term, enabled the interviewees to develop an academic career, e.g., collaboration with “significant others” (of higher social positions), hiding deficits of a capital, context-dependent manifestation of various sets of cultural practices, or the rebellion against the rules and norms present in the family or academic environment. Based on these practices, we define six categories of adaptation strategies: “hacking the system”, “hyper-productivity”, “borrowing capital”, “class manoeuvring”, “indirect career path”, and “resistance”.
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The subject of unification is as vibrant as national movement even after 58 years of a fractured verdict. More than to achieve a physical conjugation it was an attempt for cultural fusion. The aspiration for linguistic unification was a part of the national discourse. The movement, which began with mystic originations, later on turned out to become communal. Political changes during 1799 A.D. and 1857 A.D. changed the fortunes of Mysore state and ultimately led to its disintegration and became the reason for this movement. The concept of unification is akin to the spirit of nationalism, against the background of colonial regime assigning parts of land to different administrative units without taking into consideration the historical or cultural aspects of that place. Kannadigas marooned in multi lingual states experient an orphaned situation got aroused with the turn of nineteenth century. The problem precipitated by the company was diluted by British when they introduced English education. Though the positive aspect like emergence of middle class is pragmatic, rise of communalism on the other hand is not idealistic. This research paper is designed to examine the polarization of castes during unification movement of Mysore State (Presently called as State of Karnataka, since 1973, which was termed Mysore when integrated) which came into being in 1956 A.D. Most of the previous studies concentrate on two aspects viz ideological discourse and organizational strategies adopted to gain Unification. The course of the unifi cation movement and role of Congress party dominates such studies while some of them concentrate on the leaders of the movement. Other studies are ethnographical in nature. ‘Community Dominance and Political Modernisation: The Lingayats’ written by Shankaragouda Hanamantagouda Patil is a classic example. Mention may be made here of an recent attempt by Harish Ramaswamy in his ‘Karnataka Government and Politics’ which has covered almost all aspects of emergence of Karnataka as a state but communal politics during unification movement has found no place. ‘Rethinking State Politics in India: Regions within Regions’ is an edited book by Ashutosh Kumar which has articles on ‘Castes and Politics of Marginality’ where a reference is made to caste associations and identity politics of Lingayats, but the area of study is neighboring Maharashtra and not Karnataka. Though it contains two articles on Karnataka its subject matter doesn’t pertain to this topic. One more important effort is by ‘Imagining Unimaginable Communities: Political and Social Discourse in Modern Karnataka’ where the author Raghavendra Rao thinks Karnataka and India as two unimaginable communities and discuss primarily the founding moments of negotiation between the discourses of Indian nationalism and Kannada linguistic nationalism. It is more an intellectual history and throws light on nationalism in a colonial context. Mostly studies concentrate on either the course or the leaders of the movement. Invariably congress as an organization finds place in all studies. But the blemish of such studies is a lesser concentration on activities of major socio cultural groups. The role of socio cultural groups assumes importance because of the milieu at the beginning of 20th century which annunciated a wave of social changes in the state. It is a known fact that the movement for linguistic state was successful in bringing a political integration of five separate sub regions but failed to unite people culturally. This concept of unification which is akin to the spirit of nationalism got expressed at the regional level in the sense of respect for once own culture, language and people. In case of Karnataka this expression had political overtones too which is expressed by some who fought for it (Srinivas & Narayan, 1946 ). Most of the early leaders of unification movement (and for that matter even movement for independence too can be cited here) belonged to one particular caste, and with passing of time has led to the notion of domination of that caste over the movement. This paper tries to give justice in a limited way by giving legitimate and adequate recognition for those castes which deserves it and do away with misconceptions. Two concepts political modernization and social mobility are used. The later derives its existence from the former in this case. The data used here is primarily gained from news papers and secondary sources like books and interviews given by participants. No hypothesis is tested nor any theory is developed in this attempt but historical materials are examined in the light of modernity. The key problem discussed here is emergence of communal politics and the role of social groups in unification. Biases of regionalism, caste and class have been overcome by rational thinking.
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Gaining social mobility: Polish migrants in Berlin, 1980-2016Social mobility can be both horizontal and vertical. The latter is characterised by movement from a lower social class to a higher one, and with it a change in social status. Upward social mobility appears in different guises; it can pertain to education, occupation, cultural capital, income etc. Until recently, the phenomenon of upward social mobility concerned a small number of emigrant Poles, with “migrants of success” composing only a small minority of a much larger number of Polish migrants in previous years. The accession of Poland to the European Union in 2004, and then to Schengen Zone in 2007, opened new opportunities. This article (based on my ethnological fieldwork) presents different ways that Poles who emigrated to Berlin between 1980 and 2016 managed to enact upward social mobility and the changing characteristics of this migration pattern. Zdobywanie mobilności społecznej: migranci z Polski w Berlinie w latach 1980-2016Awans jest jednym z dwóch rodzajów ruchliwości społecznej pionowej, przejściem z niższej warstwy społecznej do wyższej, powiązanym ze zmianą statusu. Następuje różnymi drogami, wiąże się z wykształceniem, wykonywanym zawodem, prestiżem, dochodami, itd. Jeszcze do niedawna zjawisko to rzadko dotyczyło Polaków udających się na emigrację, „migrantów sukcesu” było niewielu. Nowe możliwości otworzyło przystąpienie Polski do Unii Europejskiej (w 2004 r.), a następnie wejście do strefy Schengen (w 2007 r.). Artykuł (oparty o własne badania jakościowe) przedstawia drogi do awansu społecznego migrantów z lat 1980-2016, na tle zmieniających się uwarunkowań.
Rocznik Lubuski
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2020
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vol. 46
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issue 2
59-75
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Celem niniejszego artykułu jest określenie specyficznych cech mobilności społecznej Ormian w diasporach poprzez analizę porównawczą społeczności ormiańskich w Los Angeles, Teheranie i Bejrucie. Aby osiągnąć ten cel, wyznaczono następujące cele szczegółowe: identyfikacja i porównanie składu społeczno-zawodowego Ormian z trzech wspólnot; przedstawienie dynamiki międzypokoleniowej i wewnątrzpokoleniowej mobilności społecznej Ormian w trzech różnych środowiskach etnospołecznych. W badaniu wykorzystano trzy metody: wywiady ustrukturyzowane z przedstawicielami trzech społeczności ormiańskich, obserwację nieuczestniczącą oraz pogłębione wywiady z przedstawicielami organizacji społecznych. Specyfika kraju przyjmującego wpływa na dynamikę mobilności społecznej. Różne grupy o tym samym pochodzeniu etnicznym w diasporze ormiańskiej, w zależności od kraju wyjazdu lub kraju zamieszkania, mają różny status społeczny i znajdują się w różnych warstwach zawodowych.
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The aim of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of social mobility among Armenians in diaspora communities, which was accomplished by conducting a comparative analysis of the Armenian communities in Los Angeles, Tehran and Beirut. To achieve the aim, the following objectives were set: to identify and compare the socio-professional structures of the three communities; to show the dynamics of inter-and intra-generational social mobility of Armenians in three different ethno-social environments. The study was conducted through 3 methods: standardized interview with community members, non-participant observation, in-depth interviews with representatives of community organizations. The features of the host country influence the dynamics of social mobility. The different parts of the same ethnic group in the Armenian Diaspora occupy different social statuses and professional strata, depending on the country of origin or host country.
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This paper analyses trends in social mobility in Poland in the process of system transformation to market capitalism. Using data from the Polish Panel Survey POLPAN, it compares social origin effects on educational attainment and on occupational status of the first job as well as the impact of formal education on the latter. The analysis is performed over four cohorts that have entered the labor market: (1) between 1983 and 1989, (2) between 1990 and 1998, (3) between 1999 and 2006, and (4) between 2007 and 2013. With regard to the impact of social origin on attainment of tertiary education upon entry to the labor market and on the status of the first job the analyses show stable social origin effects across time. Furthermore, there is evidence of a rising polarization of the effect of educational level on occupational position in the first employment.
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The article discusses the key theories, concepts, and notions used in comparative research into intergenerational social class mobility. More specifically, it discusses the Featherman, Jones, and Hauser hypothesis about cross-national similarity in social class mobility, describes a distinction between absolute and relative social mobility, and presents the Erikson-Goldthorpe-Portocarero class scheme. After discussing the results of both classical and recent studies on intergenerational social class mobility, this paper deals with the evidence-based policy recommendations relevant for decision-makers who can influence within certain limits the extent to which the rate of intergenerational social mobility can be equalised.
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The article recapitulates basic information on contemporary Polish international migrations. First, consecutive waves of migration of the 1980 are presented, followed by later developments of the late 1980s and 1990s of the twentieth century, up to the beginning of the twenty first century being a result of the political consequences of the enlargement of the EU (namely Poland’s joining the Europen Union and the subsequent Schengen agreement in 2004). After that certain ‘push factors’ occurring in Central and Eastern Europe are being described and the term: ‘individual factors’ is introduced. The main goal of the analysis presented in the article was to propose a possible strategy for answering questions regarding different intensiveness of the emigration from Central and Eastern European countries, bearing in mind that the quality of life in individual states – sources of that emigration – were comparable. In the analysis, available data from the Eurostat, government statistics, and sociological surveys were used.
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Artykuł zbiera podstawowe informacje na temat zjawiska współczesnych polskich emigracji. We wprowadzającej części artykułu dokonano zestawienia kolejnych faz emigracji, po to by następnie zająć się interpretacją uwarunkowań i źródeł jej najnowszych fal po 2004 r. Na podstawie rekonceptualizcji podstawowych założeń XIX-wiecznej teorii migracji omówiono czynniki wypychające w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej, aby wprowadzić pojęcie „czynników indywidualnych”. Celem analizy jest przedstawienie możliwej strategii odpowiadania na pytania dotyczące przyczyn migracji w naszym regionie, rekapitulującej zarejestrowane różnice w odpływie siły roboczej z poszczególnych krajów. Analiza oparta jest na zestawianiu danych statystycznych pochodzących z dostępnych publikacji naukowych, publicznych statystyk oraz badań opinii publicznej.
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W artykule dokonujemy syntezy istniejącej wiedzy na temat struktury społecznej i jej współczesnych przemian w teoretycznym kontekście pojęcia kapitałów (nie tylko materialnego, ale także społecznego, ludzkiego, edukacyjnego). Proponujemy równocześnie spojrzenie na mobilność społeczną przez pryzmat koncepcji konwersji kapitałów. Na tej podstawie staramy się pokazać, że nierówności i możliwości awansu społecznego są pochodną kluczowych systemów instytucjonalnych, które we współczesnym świecie podlegają daleko idącej konwergencji.
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In this article we aim to synthesize existing knowledge on social structure and its contemporary changes in the context of the notion of capitals (not only material, but social, human, educational as well). We also propose to look at mobility from the perspective of conversions of those capitals. Based on that, we try to show that inequalities and prospects of upward mobility is contingent on key institutional systems in contemporary societies, which tend to converge.
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This article gives a brief review of the EU’s migration policy towards the Eastern Partnership. It seems that, due to the demographic changes, the acquisition of valuable human capital from this area will be crucial for maintaining economic and social development of EU’s Member States in near future. At the same time supporting human flows between the EU and its Eastern Neighbourhood is considered as an effective instrument of promoting European values in post Soviet region. The support for social mobility between the EU and Eastern Europe has particular importance for Poland which migration profile has changed significantly in recent years. Nowadays Poland is becoming a popular destination of circular and settlement migrations from that region.
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Social mobility, as an important aspect of parents’ migration to earn money, is a vital issue of today’s reality. Although, theoretically, this phenomenon has existed from the beginning of human history, it has definitely intensified in recent years, having both positive and negative results. There is more and more research into it in literature, which gives information about the extent of economic migration. As shown by numerous studies, separation is a great challenge for the family, for the psychological and moral life of both parents and their children. A family is basically set up to support, help and to become a unity with another person. A child is brought up near his or her parents, builds close emotional relationships with them. It is not possible to build stable relations through telephone, Skype or some other means of remote communication. A. Jędrzejko wrote: if the most innocent and defenseless child cannot feel safe in a society, then there is nobody who can.
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В период карантина, вызванного пандемией коронавируса, дистанционное обучение не выполняет должным образом такую функцию высшего образования, как социальный отбор. Это иллюстрируется через призму теории социальной мобильности П. Сорокина. Одно из положений теории предполагает, что школа, институт образования является социальным лифтом, при помощи которого происходит перемещение вверх, и благодаря социальным функциям школы (тестирование, селекция, распределение) происходит отбор лучших, наиболее способных и талантливых личностей, их продвижение по социальной лестнице. Дистанционное образование в современном украинском варианте делает ячейки социального «сита» слишком большими. Так что, во-первых, через них могут пройти не только самые лучшие и способные, а во-вторых, такая система обучения может привести к ненадлежащему усвоению знаний учащимися.
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W okresie pandemii koronawirusa poprzez wprowadzenie kształcenia zdalnego osłabiona została funkcja selekcyjna szkolnictwa wyższego. Zostało to zobrazowane poprzez odwołanie się do teorii mobilności społecznej Pitrima Sorokina. Teoria ta zakłada, że szkoła (instytucja edukacyjna) jest społeczną windą, dzięki której następuje ruch w górę. Szkoła pełni funkcje selekcyjne (testowanie, selekcja). Dzięki tym procesom następuje selekcja najlepszych, którzy mają największe osiągniecia, są najbardziej utalentowani i mają największe szanse na sukces. Kształcenie na odległość we współczesnej ukraińskiej szkole sprawia, że otwory w selekcyjnym „sicie” są zbyt duże. Po pierwsze, mogą przez nie przejść nie tylko najlepsi i najzdolniejsi. Po drugie, taki system edukacji może prowadzić do niewłaściwego przyswajania wiedzy przez uczniów.
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During the quarantine of a coronavirus pandemic, distance learning does not properly perform such a function of higher education as social selection. This is illustrated through the prism of P. Sorokin’s theory of social mobility. One of the provisions of the theory assumes that the school, the institute of education is a social elevator, through which there is an upward movement, and due to the social functions of the school (testing, selection, distribution) there is the selection of the best, most skilled and talented individuals and their promotion. Distance education in the modern Ukrainian version makes the openings of the social “sieves” too large. So, firstly, not only the best and most capable can go through them, and secondly, such a system of education can lead to improper acquisition of knowledge by the students.
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The research material included about 300 episodes from 30 published sources. A targeted selection was made according to a combination of three criteria: a diversity of social positions among the authors, the biographies of the authors, and the detail of description. An analysis of the material was conducted in order to contribute to a better understanding of the social significance of hospitality. Theoretical assumptions about hospitality in conditions of stability and social crisis were advanced. The analysis showed that in times of relative stability, hospitality was biographically important when it allowed a person to transition between positions in the social structure (usually between close levels) and involved some form of promotion. On the other hand, in conditions of intensified change and crises, the order was disturbed: on the one hand, visits to the homes of persons occupying more distant positions in the hierarchy (both up and down the social ladder) became more common, but on the other hand, there could be a challenge to or rejection of traditional requirements of hospitality. The first situation occurs especially at the beginning of a crisis, and with the depletion of resources, the increase in the number of negative experiences, and socialization to a long-term threat, a survival strategy begins to take shape in which only the closest circles prevail. Such findings suggest that a more cautious look should be taken at both the theoretical concepts in which hospitality is considered a useful social invention especially in times of increased need and at the Polish self-stereotype as a nation with a culture based on hospitality, invariable generosity, and an inclination to selflessness.
Rocznik Lubuski
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2020
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vol. 46
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issue 2
117-129
PL
Nasza wiedza na temat związku między jakością systemu opieki społecznej na Węgrzech a systemem ochrony dzieci i szansami na mobilność społeczną jest ograniczona. Niewiele wiemy o tym, w jaki sposób system opieki społecznej może przyczynić się do poprawy samopoczucia podopiecznych, a także o tym, jak system ten może je ograniczać, stosując procedury wykluczeniowe. Celem artykułu jest zbadanie, jak dzieci, młodzi ludzie i rodzice postrzegają interwencje ukierunkowane na dobrostan, ochronę dzieci oraz sposób, w jaki specjaliści angażują się w proces pomocy. Przyjmując krytyczne podejście do analizy mechanizmów funkcjonowania systemu i form solidarności przejawiających się w ochronie dzieci, autor dokonuje również przeglądu nierówności w realiach dotyczących ochrony nieletnich, które na poziomie systemowym zaostrzają wykluczenie społeczne. Opracowanie wskazuje nowe kierunki modernizacji systemu ochrony dzieci, mające na celu podniesienie jakości życia i możliwości mobilności społecznej odbiorców, w duchu pluralizmu społecznego.
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We have limited information about the relationship between the quality of the social and child protection system and the chances of social mobility, on how the social system can contribute to improving the well-being of the clients, and on how the system limits it with exclusionary procedures in Hungary. The aim of the article is to examine how the children, young people and parents themselves see the interventions targeting the wellbeing, protection of children, the way how professionals get involved in the helping process. Taking a critical approach to analyse the mechanisms of the system’s functioning and the forms of solidarity manifested in child protection, I also overview the unreal elements in the reality of child protection, which on a systemic level harden social exclusion. The study indicates the new directions in the renewal of the child protection system, aiming at the increase of the quality of life and opportunities of social mobility of the clients, in the spirit of welfare pluralism.
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