Grupy społecznie zagrożone a proces budowy społeczeństwa obywatelskiego w Polsce
Socially vulnerable group and the process of building of civil society in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The well-known fact is the existence of differencesin the lives of individuals and social gro-ups in a free market economy. The pace of social changes requires the entity an obligation to per-manent follow the footsteps of knowledge-based economy. The scope and scale of this phenome-non are particularly acute in societies in which global processes are accompanied by the rapid so-cio-political-economic transformations related to the system transformation. They entail the need for profound changes in the sphere of social patterns of functioning. The main concept discussed in the article is marginalization. On the so-called the margin of society consists not only of the individuals and thepathological environments, derailed, parasitic, degraded, violating the law or rules of social intercourse. This concept also includes the exclusive-ness, the desire to maintain distance and the demarcation between what is common, neuter and what is clear, specific, unique and elite. The article discusses the different faces of marginalization as well as its multidimensional nature and attempts to identify its causes. The phenomenon of marginalization becomes an obstacle in building civil society, which is the basis for the proper functioning of society in ademocratic state. The article repeatedly stressed that the joint action for the common good build positive social relationships, which result in a strong sense of connection with the public entities, resulting in the formation of collective identi-ty. This in turn increases social solidarity, whichis reflected by the necessity and will including in the socio-economic-political life these individualsand groups who, for various reasons, found themselves outside the mainstream of social life. Sense of unity, community makes a strong society.

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