Civic and Uncivic Values in Poland

Kristen Ringdal

Sabrina P. Ramet, Katarzyna Dospial-Borysiak (eds)

Civic and Uncivic Values in Poland

Value Transformation, Education, and Culture

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 party into power. This volume focuses on the years since 1989, looking at the clash between civic values (the rule of law, individual rights, tolerance, respect for the harm principle, equality, and neutrality of the state in matters of religion) and uncivic values (the rule of a dictator or dictatorial party, contempt for individual rights, bigotry, disrespect for the harm principle, unequal treatment of people whether through discrimination or through exploitation, and state favoritism of one religion over others). The authors address voting behavior, political parties, anti-Semitism, homophobia, the role of the Catholic Church, and reflections in history textbooks, fi lm, and even rock music. This volume makes clear that for the foreseeable future the conflict in Poland between traditional, conservative values and liberal, civic values is likely to continue, provoking tensions and protests.
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Kristen Ringdal

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. 

Editors

Sabrina P. Ramet

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

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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Civic and Uncivic Values in Poland
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Value Transformation, Education, and Culture
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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
Michał Słowikowski and Michał Pierzgalski
4. European Values in Poland: The Special Case of Ethnic and National Minorities
Katarzyna Dośpiał-Borysiak, Michał Klonowski, and Agata Włodarska-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 Krzemiński

Part Three – Vehicles of Socialization
9. Civic Education: Controversies Surrounding Socialization Factors and Mechanisms
Renata Siemieńska
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
Elżbieta 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

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