The place of women in the rural social structure in Poland is changing as a result of transformations in the economic, educational, and behavioral spheres of social life. This article takes into account the growing differences in various types of rural communities in Poland. Three localities, each representing a different type of social structure, were studied: the intelligentsia and workers in the Koszalin area; workers in the Myszków area; and farmers in the Lubartów area. Quota samples of 120 households in each area were studied: 360 in all, with 797 individual interviews. The authors compared the social status of men and women, taking into account their level of education, occupational activity, social position, and income and its influence on how women evaluate themselves.
The aim of this article is to define the trajectories of the utilization of resources by two Polish local action groups: the Association Local Action Group “Kraina Rawki” and the Association “Dolina Karpia”. In the investigations covering the activity of the two LAGs the technique of analyzing the existing materials (such as the minutes of meetings held by the LAGs' councils) was applied. It was assumed that owing to the determination of the earlier mentioned trajectories it would become possible to formulate an opinion on the matter of implementation by the examined partnerships of the innovation principle and to point to potential problems connected with the ways of utilization of local resources.
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