Civil Society and Social Anomy in Poland

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ID2302708
AuthorsLena Kolarska-Bobitiska (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume33
Issue4
Pages277-288
Publication date1990-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Sociologica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000169939003300402
OpenAlexW2058693235
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited1

The transition to market economy and democracy requires a change in the entire social order This raises the questions Will a civil society. once repressed and restricted. fully develop in the process of self-organization, and will it avail itself of the new opportunmes provided by market and democracy?' Available data give a negative answer to these questions, point ing to mcreasmg apathy and social passivity The reasons are numerous, i.e. the change in the world of meaning,, and in the definition of past. present and future, declassation of certain social groups: factors linked to the specific character of Polish transformation and socio-psychological consequences of the process of change These and other factors cause social anomy, a side- effect of transition and its social changes

Civil society · Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Meaning (existential · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social change · Social order · Social transformation · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Education and Cultural Studies · Law · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Psychology · Social Issues in Poland

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