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The authors show the issues connected with demographical processes in Poland from the perspective of the political measures that have been implemented. They pay special attention to the process of politicizing the problem of population ageing, the instruments of demographical and social policies as well as the political and media discourse that existed in the years 1989–2016.
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The publication deals with the issue of evaluating the effects of the currently followed urban policies, especially in reference to the so-called nightmare of participation. The book is part of a debate concerned with phenomena such as urban social conflicts, the revitalization of urban space, urban planning and housing policies. The author analyses the problem of gentrification in Poland and its links to revitalization programmes. The publication in based on the author’s research on the bottom-up production of space in Warsaw, New York, and Istanbul.
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A review of modern methods of treating addictions, the effectiveness of which had been confirmed in rigorous scientific studies. The publication is aimed at people providing treatment for addicted individuals and also for those preparing to obtain appropriate certifications (specialists in addiction psychotherapy and addiction therapy instructors, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, family doctors and clinicians whose patients can be people with addictions), scientists studying the mechanisms and efficiency of addiction therapy, as well as addicted individuals and their loved ones.
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The book is a survey and analysis of ritual practices undertaken “for health” by the Bulgarian faithful in Orthodox monasteries. These activities include incubation, ablution in healing springs, interacting with sacral objects, the so-called Cyprian prayers, the sacrament of anointing with oils, consuming blessed food and making offerings (kurbans). The specific character of these practices has been portrayed both in the synchronic dimension and in the diachronic one, based on (post)secular anthropological theory.
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In this concise book, experienced teachers from Poland and the United States described how one can bring up and educate students so that they become wise and competent citizens. Performing this task is a great art. It demands that a teacher masters the skill of personal growth. But the teachers’ work is still understood and appreciated only to a limited extent. There is a need for an answer to the question how teachers can change this state of affairs...
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An anthropological look at physicality in women’s professional running from the point of view of authoethnography, anthropology of the body and anthropology of sport. The Author adopts two complementary perspectives: an internal one, that is, a registration of the experience of running through the senses, as well as an external one, which is an attempt at showing how female runners are subjected to discipline and at the same time how the female agency is construed in professional running.
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The publication portrays the process of the shaping of modern concepts defining history as an academic discipline. The author moves beyond the issues of the formation of historical studies by presenting the changes in the social and world-view fabric which accompanied this process and conditioned it.
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A collection of data and analyses concerning women in Poland. The research was conducted among Polish women selected through random-quota sampling. Based on data obtained from qualitative and quantitative studies, the authors carry out a systematisation and attempt to apply it to the whole population of women in Poland aged 18–70. The book presents seven groups of Polish women, which are varied not only in terms of demographical features but also values, world view, needs, attitude to life, work and family.
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The matter of social order was developed as a rule in macro-theories such as functionalism or Marxism, which saw the order as constructed by shared norms, values, distribution of labour, power or property. The book attempts to trace the ideas of social order in the Buryat culture and its metaphoric structure using the interpretivist approach as shared sense-making practices. The fieldwork data and analysis of various literature form a grounded theory of social order that could contribute to existing sociological and anthropological perspectives.
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The book presents contemporary theoretical research trends in neurogeriatic psychiatry, which encompasses neurobiological issues of human ageing and their consequences in psychical, social and civilization aspects. It analyses the relationship between the state of brain, the level of cognitive functions, measured in neuropsychological samples and the structure of utterance according to the discursive model. The research is one of the first conducted in Poland which examine the cognitive functioning and communication of the elderly in their eighties and nineties.
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An innovative sociological approach to priestly vocations in Polish Catholic Church. The analysis of interviews with young priests and seminarians shows how young men experience their vocation. The book makes the readers understand what vocation is, how the internal change takes place and how young seminarians see their future, when they resign from individual qualities in favour of higher reality.
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A collection of articles published in the years 2009–2016 constituting a voice in the discussion about the current condition and future of Polish universities. The author, professor at the Wrocław University of Technology, had the opportunity to observe academic life from various positions and in various situations. In his considerations he asked the question about the sources of the peculiar separateness of the Polish academic world from Western university environments. Searching for answers, he came to interesting reflections, which he published in the magazines, believing that when the time comes to discuss the state and prospects of university education in Poland, some of his conclusions will spark a debate.
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A study on criminology prepared to celebrate the jubilee of Professor Beata Gruszczyńska. The authors perform a criminological analysis of crime statistics, explore crime against women and cybercrime, describe crime in contemporary Ukraine and Russia and reflect on prison sentences and capital punishment.
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The author discusses the problem of the sexual sphere in Polish society in a complex and unique way, presenting the results of the research into changing sexual habits of Polish females and males. The study enables the reader not only to look at the present situation, but also to follow cultural and social changes concerning Polish sexual sphere. It is also a comprehensive assessment of the health and sexual life of the society, which reflects the realities of contemporary environment.
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Analysis of essential aspects of institutional preschool care and education for young children and presentation of selected conceptual solutions.The author analyzes them against the background of two approaches: liberalism-based and "grass-roots experimenting" based on civic initiatives. He wonders about their characteristics, conditions and consequences, and the chances of their success. It indicates the open and hidden dangers that are associated with the breaking of solidarity and social unity, with the domination of individualism, rivalry and competition. Referring to theory and practice, he proposes examples of specific conceptual solutions (Reggio Emilia, High / Scope Program and diversified education) that fit into the space of civil society and fit into civic, community activity, dictated by concern for the common good.
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Presentation of the image of culture emerging in everyday contacts of a contemporary Pole with individual spheres of everyday life, interpreted as carriers of meanings and associated with various values or ideologies. The author emphasizes that social awareness is shaped primarily through participation in the linguistic community andin the everyday discourse, also in its public form.The decisive influence of journalism and advertising, the influence of fashion and participation in various environmental rituals are also shown.
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The book contains reflections on Polish humanities: postmodern, antipositivist, critical, engaged and in favour of what is considered marginal. The authors argue that it is vital to enliven posthumanities, which reject the existence of “the view from nowhere” and take into consideration the fact that each kind of scientific knowledge is linked to particular interests, ideologies and eschatologies. They also show how the trends in new humanities interpenetrate, co-creating transdisciplinary knowledge, focused on human problems.
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A look at the urbanity of the beginning of the 21st century. A presentation of the phenomenon of the city and urbanity from the academic perspective of sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and urban planning, placed side by side with the experiences of activists, city inhabitants and officials. Attempts at formulating theories, diagnoses and generalizations are conducted in dialogue with the practice of social workers, the involvement of institutions creating urban policies, and the everyday experiences of the inhabitants. An analysis of urban social movements and urban activism, urban space and architecture as well as urban institutions and policies.
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The author analyses how intellectual disability and social and system conditions related to it influence decisions, reproductive rights and ways of experiencing motherhood. She asks questions about motherhood models of intellectually disabled women, the role of informal social support in parenthood and the ways of building, negotiating and crossing the norms of care practices of such women. She verifies the assumptions of participatory research, attempts to recognize the scope and possibilities of engaging women with intellectual disability in the research process.
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