The Collective Diagnosing of Conditions in Poland: On Michał Sutowski’s Interviews Cover Image

Zbiorowe diagnozowanie polskiej rzeczywistości. O wywiadach Michała Sutowskiego
The Collective Diagnosing of Conditions in Poland: On Michał Sutowski’s Interviews

Author(s): Irena Pańków
Subject(s): History, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: Diagnosis; disintegration; public debate; symbolic Policy; contemporary history of Poland;

Summary/Abstract: This essay is a review based on material from nineteen published interviews that focused on a diagnosis of Polish conditions after a year of the Law and Justice [Prawo i Sprawiedliwość] party’s rule. The interviews were conducted with experts—academics and journalists—by Michał Sutowski, who published these interviews as a collection. The author demonstrates that such a collective diagnosis has major advantages in Poland’s current, rapidly changing, social conditions. Such a method is quicker than the scholarly approach to describing and explaining the state of affairs. The collection of interview could also be a valuable source of inspiration for public debates and scholarzy research in many areas, and could contain guidelines for decision-makers.

  • Issue Year: 61/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 213-220
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish