OBYWATEL W PAŃSTWIE. NORMATYWNA AUTONOMIA I ROSZCZENIOWY PRAGMATYZM
THE CITIZEN IN THE STATE. NORMATIVE AUTONOMY AND WELFARE STATE MENTALITY

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on two issues relating to civil society. The first step is an attempt to measure the degree of civic participation of Poles in its institutionalized and spontaneous form including the impact of socio-demographic variables on the scale of this commitment. Formalized activities were analyzed in relation to participation in sports associations, cultural, religious, and pursue the objectives of local communities, while the activities of non-formal distinction is made on the initiative of local and neighborhood. Important at this point was also measured the correlation between association activity and spontaneous initiatives. In step two contrasted attitudes of those involved and uninvolved civic participation (association and spontaneous) to social and redistributive functions of the state carried out by the government. Complementing this thread was a comparison of active and passive in terms of institutional satisfaction includes the assessment of the economy, government, democracy, education and health services and the level of institutional trust in the parliament, the legal system, police, politicians and political parties. Empirical analysis was based on the Polish General Social Survey (2008) and European Social Survey (2010).

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