POLSKA PO 1945: ŁAD CZY NIE-ŁAD - UWAGI WSTĘPNE
POST-1945 POLAND: ORDER OR NOT-ORDER - INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Summary/Abstract: Purpose | The aim is to verify the validity of using the phrase "socio‑economic system" to describe the socio‑economic systems in force in Poland after 1945. To this end, two variables have been adopted: consistency and stability. They will allow the use of the existing indicators from the fields of economics and sociology and will be used to verify this assumption. Research method | A combination of deductive, descriptive, inductive, and case study methods was employed, drawing on a critical analysis of literature and statistical data to present a proposal for identifying the developmental stages of individual orders from two perspectives: cohesion and stability. Results | We do not find that stable systems compatible with the ideas of socialism and capitalism, which were the ideological reference points for events before and after 1990, were developed. The applied solutions did not guarantee the durability of the social order and the stability of economic structures at all times during this period. This is the basis for the conclusion that it is unjustified to refer to the socio‑economic processes that took place after 1945 as an order. However, this had and continues to have a specific significance for the internal communication within the government. This was facilitated by the institutional and organisational discontinuity of the Polish statehood in the longue durée perspective. Originality / value / implications / recommendations | The analysis rejects the prevailing division between society and state, questioning the validity of such a distinction. It proposes a population/community‑authority approach. This is a relatively uncommon cognitive perspective, which emphasises the need to recognise that the degree of subjectivity among its participants ultimately determined the outcome.

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