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Civic and Uncivic Values in Poland: Value Transformation, Education, and Culture book cover

1st Edition

Civic and Uncivic Values in Poland Value Transformation, Education, and Culture

Edited By Sabrina P. Ramet, Kristen Ringdal, Katarzyna Dospial-Borysiak Copyright 2019
386 Pages
by Central European University Press

Poland, like many societies across the world, is becoming more polarized in diverse areas of life, as contending forces seek to advance incompatible agendas. The polarization over values in Polish politics was evident already before communism collapsed but became more obvious in the following years and reached a crescendo after the October 2015 parliamentary elections, which brought a right-wing... Read more
List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface 1. Civic and Uncivic Values: An Introduction Sabrina P. Ramet Part One - The System 2. Polish Politics, April 1989-October 2015 Aleksander Zdravkovski 3. Party System and Voting Behavior in Poland Micha? S?owikowski and Micha? Pierzgalski 4. European Values in Poland: The Special Case of Ethnic and National Minorities Katarzyna Do?pia?-Borysiak, Micha? Klonowski, and Agata W?odarska-Frykowska Part Two - Values in Poland 5. Polish Civic Values in a European Context Kristen Ringdal 6. Religion in Public Life Maciej Potz 7. Religiosity, Tolerance of Homosexuality, and Support for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Poland: The Present and Likely Future(s) Ewa Golebiowska 8. National Catholic Impact on Anti-Semitism in Poland: Report of the Significant Results of Empirical Research Ireneusz Krzemi?ski Part Three - Vehicles of Socialization 9. Civic Education: Controversies Surrounding Socialization Factors and Mechanisms Renata Siemie?ska 10. History Textbooks in Poland since 1989: A Dialogue between the Past and the Present Sylwia Bobryk and Thomas Strobel 11. Rock music and politics in Poland: Lyrics of Protest and Resistance Sabrina P. Ramet 12. Film and Values: Polish Cinema of National Remembrance El?bieta Durys 13. Poland's Media: Learning from the Past and Fitting a New Mold Jane Leftwich Curry 14 Past and Present in the Struggle for Polish Democracy: A Postscript Sabrina P. Ramet About the Editors and Contributors, Index

Biography

Kristen Ringdal is a professor of sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. He is the Norwegian National Coordinator for the European Social Survey, and is an elected member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.

Sabrina P. Ramet is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. She is also a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and a Research Associate of the Science and Research Center of the Republic of Slovenia, Koper. She is the author of 13 scholarly books.

Katarzyna Dospial-Borysiak is an assistant professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the University of Lódz. She received her Master’s Degree in international relations (2000) from the University of Lódz and a Ph.D. in political science (2004) from University of Warsaw. Her main research covers politics of climate change, the Nordic region, the Arctic, and European integration.

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