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The Lifestyle and Value System of Professionals and Managers After Two Decades of Capitalism in Poland
The Lifestyle and Value System of Professionals and Managers After Two Decades of Capitalism in Poland

Author(s): Kinga Zawadzka
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Instytut Stosowanych Nauk Społecznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: intelligentsia; middle class; lifestyle; values

Summary/Abstract: The report presents the findings from the research The Lifestyle and Value System of Young Polish Intelligentsia, which examined the life orientations of Polish professionals and managers, and the shift of this social category to patterns characteristic of the middle classes in Western societies, after two decades of capitalism in Poland. The research focused on professional careers, family relations, child-rearing strategies, free time activities, social boundaries and attitudes towards the traditional ethos of the Polish intelligentsia. The research featured qualitative methods, complemented by available survey data.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 25 (1)
  • Page Range: 165-178
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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