Author: Jan Turowski
Publisher:
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Category : Sociology, Rural
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Author: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii (Polska Akademia Nauk)
Publisher: Wroclaw : "Ossolineum", 1977 (Wroc : WDN)
ISBN:
Category : Industrialization
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Chris Hann
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9633862884
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Karl Polanyi’s “substantivist” critique of market society has found new popularity in the era of neoliberal globalization. The author reclaims this polymath for contemporary anthropology, especially economic anthropology, in the context of Central Europe, where Polanyi (1886–1964) grew up. The Polanyian approach illuminates both the communist era, in particular the “market socialist” economy which evolved under János Kádár in Hungary, as well as the post-communist transformations of property relations, civil society and ethno-national identities throughout the region. Hann’s analyses are based primarily on his own ethnographic investigations in Hungary and South-East Poland. They are pertinent to the rise of neo-nationalism in those countries, which is theorized as a malign countermovement to the domination of the market. At another level, Hann’s adaptation of Polanyi’s social philosophy points beyond current political turbulence to an original concept of “social Eurasia”.

Author: Jiri Thomas Kolaja
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185453033
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Author: Karl Eugen Wädekin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780916672409
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Author: Anna Zarnowska
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000939359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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The studies collected here deal with social and cultural changes in Polish lands during the early phases of industrialisation, i.e. the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Attention is first given to the stabilisation of urban agglomerations and workers' communities, and the accompanying transformations in social status, family structure, and collective life and culture of the workers. An especial focus is the cultural transformations which occurred at the time of the 1905-1907 revolution in the Kingdom of Poland, incorporating it into tsarist Russia. In parallel with this, Professor Zarnowska has been concerned to examine the gender-determined inequalities of the life opportunities of women and men, and how these altered as social modernisation in Poland progressed. She looks at the changing legal and social status of women and their life chances, as well as the emergence of new social models of women's roles. Several studies are also devoted to the impact exerted by urban civilisation, as well as the growing professional activity of women upon the changes to cultural norms regulating the relations between women and men, as well as the development of women's aspirations in the family, society and culture.

Author: Siobhan Magee
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000182290
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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In this ethnography of Krakowian society, Siobhan Magee explores essential questions on the relationship between fur and culture in Poland. How can wearing a fur coat indicate someone's political views in Krakow, beyond their opinion on animal rights? What kinds of associations are given to someone wearing a fur coat in Poland? And what impact does generational difference have on the fur-wearing traditions of modern day Krakowians? Magee looks further into detailed analyses of conversations held relating to fur, including why fur is an apt inheritance for a grandmother to pass on to her granddaughter; what it was like trading fur on 'black markets' during socialism, and why some anti-fur activists link fur to patriarchal power and the Roman Catholic Church. In so doing, it becomes clear how fur is an evocative textile with an uncommonly rich symbolic and historical significance."Magee's research uncovers the symbolic and historic significance that fur evokes in relation to culture in Poland. In her investigations, her ethnography becomes a means for understanding generational difference in Poland. Written with reference to extensive fieldwork, Magee goes on to show how the classification of generation can be a much more accessible indicator and measure of difference than other categories, including sexuality, class and faith. Thus, 'generation' and 'inheritance' are shown to be uniquely powerful idioms with which to discuss power and social change in Poland. A new contribution to material culture and the sensory turn, this will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, ethnography, eastern Europe and material culture and textiles.

Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher:
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Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 518

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General study of Poland - covers history, demographic aspects and geographical aspects, social structure, religious practice, education, health, the economy, (agricultural sector, industrial sector, infrastructure, trade, external debt), government, politics, political opposition, international relations, defence, military service, administration of justice, etc. Bibliography, glossary, maps, organigram, photographs, statistical tables.

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 934

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Author: Constantin Iordachi
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 615522563X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 571

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ÿThis book explores the interrelated campaigns of agricultural collectivization in the USSR and in the communist dictatorships established in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Despite the profound, long-term societal impact of collectivization, the subject has remained relatively underresearched. The volume combines detailed studies of collectivization in individual Eastern European states with issueoriented comparative perspectives at regional level. Based on novel primary sources, it proposes a reappraisal of the theoretical underpinnings and research agenda of studies on collectivization in Eastern Europe.The contributions provide up-to-date overviews of recent research in the field and promote new approaches to the topic, combining historical comparisons with studies of transnational transfers and entanglements.