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Ekonomiczny nurt analiz społeczeństwa obywatelskiego
An Analysis of Economic Trends in Civic Society

Author(s): Joanna Dzwończyk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: civic society; economy; post-communism; defective civic society; post-communist society; middle class

Summary/Abstract: Through the lens of economic categories, the article describes civic society in post-communist countries. The author first presents three analytic trends at work in civic society in Eastern Europe countries: sociological, economic and cultural. She then briefly describes the dysfunctional elements of civic society functioning in ex-USSR satellite countries, emphasising the pauctiy of deliberations on economic issues. The last part of the paper concentrates on the consequences of the lack of a middle class that typifies post‑communist societies yet which is considered to be the main agent in creating civic society.

  • Issue Year: 870/2011
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 5-15
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish