Modernizacja wsi na Ziemiach Zachodnich i Północnych Polski Ludowej w refleksji socjologicznej
Modernization of villages in the Western and Northern Lands of People’s Poland in sociological reflection

Summary/Abstract: The modernization processes implemented by the authorities of People’s Poland particularly affected the Polish countryside. Phenomena such as industrialization, urbanization, the reorganization of the agricultural system, and the introduction of compulsory education were meant to guarantee social advancement for the rural masses and contribute to the construction of a new socialist society in post-war Poland. The Western and Northern Lands, where the development of a socialized economy occurred much more rapidly than in Central and Eastern Poland, served as a unique social laboratory and an area of special interest for sociological research. This article aims to answer the question of the extent to which Polish sociology contributed during the PRL era to the analysis and documentation of the socialist modernization process in the mentioned territory.

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