Jednostka ludzka w obliczu zagrożeń współczesności: bezpieczeństwo indywidualne w Polsce. Implikacje metodologiczne
Human Being in the face of Contemporary Threats: Individual Security in Poland. Methodological implications

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents an effort of the public institutions analysis that fulfil the stateobligations in terms of civic security and safety. The latter is expected to providecitizens an opportunity to construct their private lives spheres according to theindividual safety standards. Therefore selected theoretical concepts concerning safetyperception have been analysed. Also there are some results of the social researchconcerning the safety problems presented in the paper. The research was conducted onthe representative sample of the adult inhabitants of Poland as well as representativesof the selected professional cohort. Conclusion along with the literature critiqueallowed to define the parameters of the safety and security perception as well as theplace of safety in a value hierarchy of a member of the contemporary Polish society.

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