Postawy rolników Sandomierszczyzny wobec wybranych aspektów zmian ustrojowych w Polsce
Attitudes of the Farmers in the Sandomierz Region Towards Selected Aspects of Political Changes in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The gathered empirical material (110 respondents) allowed the author to analyze the understanding of the results of the transformation of the political system in Poland, which occurred 30 years ago, among the farmers in the Sandomierz area. The aim of the analyses presented in the article is to describe generalised interpretations of the facts connected with the former political system and within their context, the assessments of the results of the systemic and economic transformations in the social and individual dimension. In general, the farmers feel they are the beneficiaries of the changes as a professional group. The diachronic assessment of the individual financial situation and the conditions of functioning of agriculture and economy in the country is very positive. The minority of the respondents has a sense of satisfaction due to the fact of Poland joining the UE. According to the farmers, at the beginning of the transformation period, the most important part of their action strategies was played by individual and non-institutional resources. In their opinion, currently, there is still no equality of opportunities. Almost half of the respondents appreciate the introduction of the democratic system. The farmers are dissatisfied the most with the transfers of ownership; they appreciate the sphere of individual freedoms. The performed valorisation of multiple phenomena happening in the past three decades proves that there are varied expectations and as a result there are varied mindsets among respondents towards the transformation. The attitudes of satisfaction with the changes on the individual and macro-structural levels are dominant.

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