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How far have sociologists working in countries commonly designated
as "socialist" gone in studying the class structure and social
consciousness of their own societies? What kinds of questions have
they posed, and what is the degree of technical sophistication
applied in answering them? Western sociologists interested in the
fate of their discipline in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
have long recognized that the answers to these questions will
differ substantially depending upon which particular socialist
society one has in mind. The selection from Polish sociological
literature brought together here by Stomczynski and Krauze should
help to answer the questions raised and provide readers with the
opportunity to assess the quality of Polish sociological studies in
the areas of class structure, social mobility, and class
consciousness.
The American press and American television news have been filled
with stories from Gdansk, Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, and other Polish
cities and towns. The names of a number of Polish leaders have
become almost as familiar to Americans as the names of their own
leaders, and the word " Solidarity" has acquired an important new
meaning for Americans as well as Poles. The editor's identify that
this interest of the American public has not been matched by
corresponding interest from American sociologists, stating that
Polish society is seldom mentioned either in major scholarly
journals or in the textbooks written for students. This collection
of studies seeks to address some of this issue, looking at works
and the systems in Poland since 1956.
The American press and American television news have been filled
with stories from Gdansk, Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, and other Polish
cities and towns. The names of a number of Polish leaders have
become almost as familiar to Americans as the names of their own
leaders, and the word " Solidarity" has acquired an important new
meaning for Americans as well as Poles. The editor's identify that
this interest of the American public has not been matched by
corresponding interest from American sociologists, stating that
Polish society is seldom mentioned either in major scholarly
journals or in the textbooks written for students. This collection
of studies seeks to address some of this issue, looking at works
and the systems in Poland since 1956.
This title was first published in 1978. How far have sociologists
working in countries commonly designated as "socialist" gone in
studying the class structure and social consciousness of their own
societies? What kinds of questions have they posed, and what is the
degree of technical sophistication applied in answering them?
Western sociologists interested in the fate of their discipline in
Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have long recognized that the
answers to these questions will differ substantially depending upon
which particular socialist society one has in mind. The selection
from Polish sociological literature brought together here by
Stomczynski and Krauze should help to answer the questions raised
and provide readers with the opportunity to assess the quality of
Polish sociological studies in the areas of class structure, social
mobility, and class consciousness.
This book describes the experience of joblessness and unemployment
in contemporary Poland. It does so by combining qualitative and
quantitative data from a special project conducted in Poland after
the Great Recession and the long-term Polish Panel Survey (POLPAN)
to describe the lives of the jobless: women and men currently out
of work, the recently re-employed, and housewives. The book uses a
class and inequality perspective to investigate how these women and
men became jobless, how they look for and find employment, their
household and social activities, and their political participation.
It contextualizes these experiences with a description of Poland's
economy, labor market and employment policies after the fall of
Communism and builds on the active interviewing and social
constructionist approaches to explore the complex
interviewer-respondent relationship.
An expansive and incisive overview of the practical uses of
harmonization and its implications for data quality and costs In
Survey Data Harmonization in the Social Sciences, a team of
distinguished social science researchers delivers a comprehensive
collection of ex-ante and ex-post harmonization concepts and
methodologies in the context of specific longitudinal and
cross-national survey projects. The book examines how ex-ante and
ex-post harmonization work individually and in relation to one
another, offering practical guidance on harmonization decisions in
the preparation of new surveys. Contributions from experts in
sociology, political science, demography, economics, health, and
medicine are included, all of which give voice to
discipline-specific and interdisciplinary views on methodological
challenges inherent in harmonization. The authors offer
perspectives from Europe and the United States, as well as Africa,
the latter of which provides perspectives rarely features in survey
research methodology handbooks. Readers will also find: A thorough
introduction to approaches and concepts for survey data
harmonization, as well as the effects of data harmonization on the
overall survey research process Comprehensive explorations of
ex-ante harmonization of survey instruments and non-survey data
Practical discussions of ex-post harmonization of national social
surveys, including explorations of survey data recycling and the
harmonization of panel surveys In-depth examinations of the use of
harmonized data in statistical analysis, as well as
standardization, harmonization, and comparability Perfect for upper
undergraduate and graduate academic researchers who specialize in
survey research methodology, Survey Data Harmonization in the
Social Sciences will also earn a place in the libraries of survey
practitioners who engage in international research.
This book is about long-term changes to class and inequality in
Poland. Drawing upon major social surveys, the team of authors from
the Polish Academy of Sciences offer the rare comprehensive study
of important changes to the social structure from the communist era
to the present. The core argument is that, even during extreme
societal transformations, key features of social life have
long-lasting, stratifying effects. The authors analyse the core
issues of inequality research that best explain "who gets what and
why:" social mobility, status attainment and their mechanisms, with
a focus on education, occupation, and income. The transition from
communist political economy to liberal democracy and market
capitalism offers a unique opportunity for scholars to understand
how people move from one stratifi cation regime to the next. There
are valuable lessons to be learned from linking past to present.
Classic issues of class, stratification, mobility, and attainment
have endured decades of radical social change. These concepts
remain valid even when society tries to eradicate them.
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