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Polskie społeczeństwo po transformacji ustrojowej i wstąpieniu do Unii Europejskiej
The Polish Society after the Transformation and Accession into the European Union

Author(s): Paweł Kozłowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Sociology, Social development, Sociology of Culture, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Centrum Europejskie Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Polish Society; Political Transformation; Neoliberalism;Ideology;

Summary/Abstract: The economy creates society, economic system does it to a greater degree. The text aims to show the neoliberal system in Poland as an actual effect of the transformation. This system means that the principles of neoclassical economics are transferred to the other areas of science. For the economy it postulates free market and focus on entre preneurship. Neoliberalism as a basis for a new, adopted to it society means far-reaching changes in the lives of the people, their relationships, the culture, the public sphere and disappearance of the traditional ideologies in favor of adaptive behavior. The text is based on experience and other texts.

  • Issue Year: 20/2016
  • Issue No: 3 (79)
  • Page Range: 107-126
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish