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This volume presents the outcomes of qualitative research on the
meaning of religion in selected CEE regions. In several case
studies, we reveal some features of social perception of religion
present in verbalized and institutionalized social experiences and
practices. We argue these societies develop their own social model
of religion, which seems to be largely based on cultural,
religious, and historical schemes dating back to the Habsburg
Monarchy. They locate religious identity on a continuum with civic
identity. Historical diversity may be endorsed as "traditional
pluralism" while equality and tolerance is considered unnecessary.
Capturing contradicting images of historical and contemporary
pluralism may offer new insight into the puzzle of religion and
politics in the CEE region.
This collection of articles is the result of the research project
"The Polish local society in the process of European integration -
a decade of experience", financed by the Polish National Science
Centre (NCN). The aim was to investigate the process of integration
in the EU of six selected local Polish communities. The same six
communities had been studied ten years before, when Poland was
preparing for the EU accession. The research was based on
qualitative methodology. The results show that the knowledge of the
EU in local Poland remains at a very low level. The exception is
competence in the field of EU structural funds. These funds are the
main factor which determines the positive attitude of Poles towards
the EU and the Polish membership in it. At the same time the
process of the construction of a European identity in terms of
values remains very problematic.
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