Economical Transformation as Marginalization.
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Transformacja gospodarcza jako marginalizacja. Gospodarcze i społeczne skutki polskiego czasu przemian
Economical Transformation as Marginalization. Economical and Social Eff ects of Polish Times of Change

Author(s): Jerzy Klimczak
Subject(s): Social development, Economic development
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: political transformation; world-system analysis; Immanuel Wallerstein; economy

Summary/Abstract: The article presents one of the possible ways of economical transformation interpretation in Poland. Immanuel Wallerstein’s theory of world-systems was used as the main point of view. The basic premise is as the marginalization of Poland on international arena was aff ected by neo-liberal economic way of transformation. The neo-liberal economic solutions caused also Poland’s return to semi-peripheral position in the modern world-system. The analysis focuses on three factors that can confi rm semi-peripheral status of Poland: ownership structure of enterprises, political and economical dependences of Poland and condition of households in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 22-35
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish