Social Footprint of the Leisure Running Boom in Poland
Social Footprint of the Leisure Running Boom in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the problem of the social output of the leisure running boom as a relatively durablephenomenon of nowadays global scope. The concept of the “social footprint” to describe the social consequencesand impact of the phenomenon of interest, is proposed, developed and implemented. Analysis conducted is focusedon Poland as an exemplary country under social, political and economic modernization. The first two decades ofthe 21st century constitute the time frame of the study performed. The collected and analyzed empirical dataallow us to claim that the running boom contributed to the progress of Polish modernization in the form ofreconstruction of social structure (macro-social level), generation of social capital, strengthening of the positionof local government, modernization of rural and urban landscape in social and spatial dimension (mezzo-sociallevel) and changes in gender roles (micro-social level).

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