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Welfare and Higher Education in EU Member States – Comparative Analysis

Author(s): Gabriela Wronowska / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

This paper addresses the issues related to higher education in selected EU Member States and its contribution to the creation of wealth. Special emphasis was placed on the shape of education policy in selected countries through an analysis of the main indicators characterizing the same. The paper raises a number of questions which are important from the point of view of social policy: these questions relate to the policy of higher education funding and attempts to isolate and identify the relationships between higher education funding and the situation of people with higher education on the labour market. In the first part of this paper, the author presents the phenomenon of welfare by taking into account its measurement, especially those measures that relate to education related elements. Then the author indicates the relationship between education, especially its availability, and the process of wealth creation in the economy. In the empirical part of the paper an analysis is carried out on the basis of available and comparable indicators for selected EU Member States and conclusions are drawn based on the indicators.

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Romowie w małopolskich szkolach

Author(s): Artur Paszko / Language(s): English,Polish,Romany Issue: 1/2009

In the years 2001–2003, in the Nowy Sacz County and Tarnow municipality area, The Preliminary Governmental Program For Roma Community in Malopolska Voivodeship for 2001–2003 had been carried out. The solutions examined in the process has been implemented since 2004 across the whole country within the framework of The Governmental Program for Roma Community in Poland.The authors of both schemes assume that the major factor determining the existing situation of the Roma in Poland is their poor education. Analysis by the government administration of the reports compiled during the years when The Preliminary Governmental Program had been in development leads to conclusion that in the period 2001–2003 the implementation of educational obligation in Malopolska Voivodeship improved among its participants. The achievements of that period preserved. Importantly, The Preliminary Governmental Program, resulted in two new positions – of Roma Assistant and Supporting Teacher – taking firm root the Polish educational system. Their presence in the educational institutions has greatly improved relationships between Roma families and school.The present knowledge of the effects of governmental schemes for Roma community in the education area does not allow for precise conjectures on consequences of the change in educational situation for the Roma community itself. Taking into account that these efforts may accelerate the assimilation process, methods should be considered that would allow to control them constantly.

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MEN, MASCULINITIES AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE

Author(s): Katarzyna Wojnicka / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The aim of the paper is to present and analyse the intersection between men, masculinities and physical violence in the comparative, European dimension as this issue is still too rarely raised in the existing literature dealing with issues on both violence, and men and masculinities. The presented ndings result to a large extent from research conducted by an international team of researchers within the PROGRESS The Role of Men in Gender Equality project (2011–2012). The paper presents analysis regarding connections between perpetration of violence and the character of traditional, hegemonic masculinity; data on the scale and types of violence perpetrated and experienced by men from different European countries; analysis of the position of men as a victims of (physical) violence; and a presentation of the forms of men’s (social) activism against (male) violence.

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MEN’S SHARE OF CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PROFESSIONAL CARE

Author(s): Elli Scambor,Majda Hrženjak,Nadja Bergmann,Øystein Gullvåg Holter / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The Study on the Role of Men in Gender Equality (2011–2012) shows a remarkable change in men’s partici- pation in care for children and domestic work in certain parts of Europe. Especially in Northern countries of Europe, men became more involved in care-giving roles between 2005 and 2010 while in the same period of time, decreases in the men’s share were reported, especially from some Southern and Post-socialist countries with low share rates. On the other hand, there has been a growing under-representation of men in professional care work. Data indicate that in the past decade this already heavily feminised sector has experienced a further decline in the participation of men. Based on intersectional analysis, the paper discusses the most relevant factors associated with men’s larger involvement in care for children and professional care. The variation of men’s share runs both between and within countries, with socio-economic position as one important variable.

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OLDER HUSBANDS AS CARERS: CONSTRUCTIONS OF MASCULINITY IN CONTEXT OF CARE-GIVING

Author(s): Urszula Kluczyńska / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The main aim of the article is to describe how older men who are caring for their wives construct their mas- culinity in the face of their new role and tasks. My research draws on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with ten men between 64 and 90 years old who are the primary carers for their wives. The ndings revealed four ways in which older care-givers talk about masculinity, and for all of them hegemonic masculinity was a point of reference. Masculinity was de ned not only in relation to the carer’s role, but also old age and the state of men’s health. The ways of perceiving the activity of caring were crucial. Analysis allowed the main motives of providing care to emerge: obligation, love, and attachment. The research ndings showed that an important factor in the way masculinity is constructed by older men caring for their wives was the de nition of care. Men who perceive care as a masculine task feel less frustrated in the care-giver role, and sometimes gain satisfaction and a source of self-esteem from care-giving.

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POWER CHALLENGES FOR HEAD DOCTORS IN MATERNITY HOSPITALS: BEYOND HEGEMONIC MASCULINITIES

Author(s): Iva Šmídová / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The article analyses the contexts and practices of head doctors regarding childbirth, whether reproducing or challenging the gender regimes. The research sheds light on men’s practices and representations of masculini- ties in hospital maternity wards and links the personal practices and structural mechanisms reproducing men’s positions of power in the Czech organization of childbirth. It is based on data from research interviews and the public speeches of senior Czech obstetricians and head doctors of maternity wards (15 in-depth interviews and 3 panel discussions). Two basic topics are taken into detailed consideration when discussing the patterns of men’s practices and their discursive representations: (1) defence of the status quo (compliance with the lege artis approach) in contrast to alternative approaches to childbirth by some head doctors and (2) the living paradox of the hospital setting presented as being a formal institution par excellence, while at the same time being an environment for the very informal, individual authority of head doctors.

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EPISTEMOLOGIA W AṢṬASĀHASRIKĀPRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ I W FILOZOFII NAGARDŻUNY

Author(s): Szymon Bogacz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

Nāgārjuna’s Middle Way (madhyamaka) doctrine met with the objection that it is a mere verbal attack (vitaṇḍā) against other philosophical positions. As one of the Madhyamaka critics pointed out: because Nāgārjuna does not hold own position, he is not able to justify his criticism of the essence (svabhāva). The article is an answer to the question whether, in the context of Indian philosophy, it is possible to know things devoid of essences. Theory of knowledge of this kind, i.e. the concept of omniscience (sarvajña) was presented in Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā sutra. Associations between Nāgārjuna’s texts and the sutra suggest that omni- science could be a substrate for epistemological position of the Middle Way.

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OCENA POTENCJAŁU ROZWOJOWEGO PRZEDSIĘBIORSTW RODZINNYCH I NIERODZINNYCH – UJĘCIE ILOŚCIOWE

Author(s): Elżbieta Roszko-Wójtowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

Small and medium-sized sector is a driving factor of social and economic development of countries’ all over the world. At the same time the sector is a great environment for establishment and functioning of family businesses. Dissimilarity of family rms in comparison to non-family rms is proven by the speci c structure of the aforementioned above family rms. These are objects where the three circles of family, business and ownership interpenetrate and interrelate. Charisma, the founder potential and support provided by the relatives in uence signi cantly the future of the business. Is the family-dominated ownership a suf cient argument to accept reasoning that family rms perform better on the market that non-family rms.In such a reality the aim of the paper is to assess the development potential of family and non-family rms and to draw possible similarities or dissimilarities in this eld. The author has decided to implement the univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA), which enabled indication of variables that diversify the level of constructed synthetic measure of development (rozw).On the bases of conducted analysis it was proven that within the sample, in the eld of development potential, on average, a little bit better perform family rms than non-family rms. Moreover, achieved results induce to further research in the aforementioned eld.

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OD FABRYKI BUTÓW DO FABRYKI WIEDZY. PRZYKŁAD PRZEKSZTAŁCEŃ FUNKCJONALNYCH I SPOŁECZNO-KULTUROWYCH TERENÓW (DAWNEJ) GARBARNI BUCHHOLZA W BYDGOSZCZY

Author(s): Agnieszka Jeran,Dominika Muszyńska-Jeleszyńska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2015

The area in the bend of the Brda in Bydgoszcz, which is the portion of the district Okole, now occupies the campus of the University of Economy in Bydgoszcz, food company Colian Sp. with o.o. Bydgoszcz (formerly “Jutrzenka” Colian, Division No. 3) and the newly arising Nordic Haven (residential and commercial property). These are inner city brown elds located at the con uence of the so-called Old Bydgoszcz Canal and the River Brda, the stretch of Solidarity Bridges towards the Bridge of Queen Jadwiga. History of the district Okole is directly related to the economic development of Bydgoszcz, which occurred in connection with the construction of the Bydgoszcz Canal and later a major rail line and the location of large industrial plants. These projects were aimed by the German authorities to improve the Bydgoszcz junction of water-rail-road, as an internal communications center. Based on the conversion of functions of this area will be illustrated the conversion of industrial space in academic and recreational space. The idea and the main assumptions adopted revitalization activities are based on a holistic, integrated approach to the revitalization process. The objective of the planned work and regeneration was the restoration and development of the center-functions, including the continuity of the historical heritage associated with this area. Because degraded shoe factory buildings were taken over and revitalized by a college, it can be concluded that these areas still function as productive. But whereas previously, in the industrial economy and in accordance with the standards of industrial society, it was the production and distribution of products, now in the knowledge society it is making knowledge, or rather the enrichment and development of human capital and also its distribution in the minds and activities of graduates.

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Zagospodarowanie terenów zagrożonych powodziami w wybranych miastach województwa łódzkiego

Author(s): Marta Borowska-Stefańska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 140/2015

The main objective of this paper is the evaluation of land use in the areas exposed to flooding in respect of the potential loss of property in three towns – Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Kutno and Łowicz. Spatial development was investigated by the analysis of land use, using Topographic Data Base and field research areas within i.e. the 100-year flood zones. Land use was presented using GIS methods. In the Łowicz area the valley bottom of the Bzura river is very wide, especially in its western and eastern parts, which are built-up ( the central section of the river within the town administrative boundaries was embanked ). Tomaszów Mazowiecki is a town where smaller tributaries flow into the Pilica river, which is why the valley bottom reaches a considerable size, thus fostering residential development. Tributaries, especially the Czarna, Piasecznica ( in Tomaszów Mazowiecki ) and Ochnia rivers ( in Kutno ), create a sense of security among the users of these areas. This leads to intensification of land development in these areas and an increase in potential adverse consequences in the event of flooding. The analysis of flood risk levels is of a great importance and it enables authorities to conduct a suitable anti-flood protection policy.

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Partycypacja obywatelska w procesie rewitalizacji na przykładzie planowania Zintegrowanego Programu Rewitalizacji Osiedla Nikiszowiec w Katowicach

Author(s): Agnieszka Pudełko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 142/2015

The aim of the paper is an analysis of the planning process of the Integrated Revitalization Program for the Nikiszowiec public housing project in Katowice. The article is based on desk research (data provided by the Katowice Municipal Office, work reports for the project), interview with an expert responsible for the consultation and the final shape of the project – Dagmara Mliczyńska-Hajda, as well as on surveys conducted among organizations working for the citizens of Nikiszowiec. The paper presents the history of the Nikiszowiec housing project and the current crisis area. Discussed is the process of planning and designing a revitalization project by an expert. It has been shown that social participation is needed for successful revitalization and the analyzed example can be considered as a model case study.

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Utracona ojczyzna. Tożsamość przestrzenna wysiedlonych Łemków

Author(s): Alicja Maliszewska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 15/2015

The present paper examines social memory of the evicted Lemkos with regard to the Vistula Operation (ukr. операцiя “Вiсла”) and their lost fatherland – the Lemko Region (ukr. Лемкiвщина). The author applies biographical narrative method to explore constituent elements of the spatial identity such as: the Lemkos’ attitude towards landscape, places of paramount importance, idealization of the lost fatherland on eviction. This articles is based on a comprehensive literature review and presents the results of the field studies carried out by the author among the Lemkos.

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Senior Housing in Sweden – Organisation of the System and Conclusions for Poland

Author(s): Beata Lewicka / Language(s): English Issue: 94/2015

The aim of this paper is to present the organisation of Swedish senior housing and the mechanisms of its functioning. After an analysis of this issue, conclusions for Poland have been provided. Sweden experienced the consequences of the aging population process earlier than Poland. In order to minimise its negative effects, the Swedes managed to create a few solutions for supporting seniors, especially in the field of housing and long-term care. One of the most significant measures which was taken to achieve this goal was to oblige municipalities to take full responsibility for elderly care. Thanks to that, Swedish local authorities decided to privatise parts of their tasks and take part in creating supply for senior housing on the real estate market.

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Niepełnosprawność mężczyzny a możliwości i ograniczenia w realizowaniu roli ojca

Author(s): Urszula Bartnikowska,Katarzyna Ćwirynkało / Language(s): Polish Issue: 20/2015

As the role of fathers within families evolves, finding out how these changes impact their quality of life seems to be very important. This is especially relevant for fathers with disabilities for they have to face more numerous difficulties. In this paper the authors present research results. 31 fathers with various types of disabilities were interviewed and the interviews were analyzed showing the respondents’ constraints and possibilities in fulfilling a father’s role.

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Бежанецът – социална траектория през конститутивните фигури на чуждостта

Author(s): Martin Kanoushev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 45/2016

This article is an attempt at a sociological reconstruction of the refugee’s social situation – the radical historical metamorphosis of the fi gure of the ‘stranger’ in the 20th century. The analysis focuses on the fi gure of the refugee аs an absolute form of alienation (as a result of exclusion) from the social world. The first step reproduces the key moments of Georg Simmel’s study on the “sociological form of the stranger as a synthesis between remoteness and closeness”. The second step traces out the constitutive elements in Alfred Schutz’s conception of “the stranger as an adult individual of our time and civilization, who tries to be permanently accepted or at least tolerated by a group which he approaches”. The third step, through the analytical strategies of Hannah Arendt and Giorgio Agamben, represents an endeavor to restore the historical conditions of possibility of the fi gure of the refugee: as a ‘boundary-concept’ which puts in question such fundamental categories as those of the nation-state, the social link between birth and nation as well as between human and citizen. Such a reconstruction promises to liberate an interpretative fi eld for categorical reactivation aiming at consistent politics where the refugee question will not be separated and excluded from the structure of the national state order, or from the logic of human rights. Nor will the refugee be an exile among insoluble ethical problems.

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Огъване на свободата: протестите и перипетиите на индивидуалната свобода след свиването на социалната държава

Author(s): Milena Iakimova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 45/2016

The paper briefl y compares protests in Bulgaria in the early 1990s and in the post-EU accession period stating that they signifi cantly differ in their affi nity for and representations of sovereignty and democracy. While the former pleaded for democratization without challenging the nation-state frame of sovereignty, the latter raised urgently the question of reframing. Paradoxically, the vocabulary of this challenge is the critique of alienation turned into a structure of corporate subjection. This sheds some light on the ‘negativity’ of contemporary protests, their aspiration to devalue power and to oppose democracy to politics, and, in short, their ambivalence.

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Neokonfucjanizm – czy Chiny mogą stać się liberalną demokracją?

Author(s): Jakub Potulski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 06/2014

Along with the rapid development of Chinese economy people are more interested in what will be the Chinese contribution to the reconstruction of the world culture. This article presents Neo-Confucian intellectual project and contemporary problems of Neo-Confucian political philosophy. Confucianism is a very important part of Chinese culture. For the most of Chinese history Confucianism has been associated with an immutable hierarchy of authority and unquestioned obedience. At the time of Hundred Days Reform of 1898 and during the May Four Period Confucianism was criticised. During this period the beginning of Chinese liberalism can be noticed. Chinese liberal thought was identified with anti-Confucianism, science, democracy, liberty, progress and the vernacular movement. The New Culture intellectuals of the early twentieth century blamed Confucianism for Chinese weaknesses. In the People’s Republic of China Confucianism was replaced by Maoism as a new official state ideology. Nowadays, we can see again a return to the Confucian philosophy. The revival of Confucianism in China and other Chinese-speaking countries appears in the form of Neo-Confucianism. In contemporary China we can see a discussion about Neo-Confucian relevance and its possible advantages over political liberalism – the dominant philosophy in the West today. The question is whether Neo-Confucianism can offer “the third-way” or “the Chinese way” of development in the global era.

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Культавыя крынiцы Вiцебска-Смаленскага памежжа: сiмвалiчны статус i рытуальныя функцыi

Author(s): Uladzimir Lobač / Language(s): Belarusian Issue: 7/2015

The article is devoted to the examination of cult sources in Vitebsk-Smolensk borderline. Field studies and the analysis of folklore-ethnographic material reveal that in the past and present cult sources perform the function of ritual centre where communication between God and Man takes place. Its aim is to eliminate misfortunes and illnesses. The frequency of legendary plot in the temple is a specific feature of local tradition. Regional specificity is also characterized by a number of sacred sources “pyatsinka” that refer to the picture of “Paraskyevy Pyatnytcy” to which people go on a pilgrimage on the 9th or the 11th Friday after Easter.

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Aktualne problemy ochrony praw człowieka w Indiach – orientacja seksualna i tożsamość płciowa

Author(s): Anna Michalak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 07/2015

The purpose of this publication is to present the recent case law of the Supreme Court of India in matters concerning the protection of human rights. India, as one of the few post-colonial countries in Asia, not only signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (document which is not legally binding), but also ratified the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights committing to a legal guarantee of rights accommodated in this document.India is referred today as the state with a system of government the most similar to the democratic ones – as defined in Western Europe. At the same time, the state is very active in the United Nations, striving to change the composition of the permanent members of the Security Council and asking to take into account the increasing role of Asian countries in the international forum.As it seems, both legal scholars and policy makers have finally dropped the idea of creating a universal catalogue of human rights, and global system for their protection. Presented judgements of the Supreme Court of India primarily illustrate the divergent views as the possibility of using western models and applying them in the local legal system. In addition, it is presented how differently – from the Western culture perspective – issues of human rights are solved by the judicature of India.

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Zarys historii mangi

Author(s): Karolina Zarychta / Language(s): Polish Issue: 07/2015

Speaking of Japanese culture, always brings strong associations with bushido codex of samurai, sushi cuisine, blossoming trees of cherry trees and historic clothing like kimonos. Many more can be mentioned, although there is one, the most visible aspect of their life – the presence of manga. Manga (jap. 漫画) nowadays well known around the globe is not so young as many of us believe. The history of the most famous comic books in the world started almost hundred years ago with first Japanese traditional images known as emaki (jap. 絵巻) literally translated as picture scrolls. After many centuries, the period of Edo (1603–1868) revealed new type of art: ukiyo-e (jap. 浮世絵). New technique of woodcut inspired many of artists. One of them, Katsushika Hokusai created The Great Wave off Kanagawa, famous of being the most popular Japanese art of all time. He, also as first man in the world, introduced the term Manga, which means flowing words. During years of historic changes, new kind of infl uence approached. Western foreigners started to discover sacred land of Japan, inspiring them to change old-fashioned lifestyle. European artists set new standards in art, causing caricatures cartoons to appear in local press, inspiring young generations of drawers. Post-war Japanese artist – Tezuka Osamu brought revolution to comic world, with first manga comics such as: Astro Boy (1952), Kimba the White Lion (1950) and Pheonix (1967). Many artists, inspired by Osamu’s work, started creating their own manga. Walt Disney’s technology of animations enabled to bring characters from Japanese comic books to move on screen. During 80’s first anime, as Japanese animations were called, were broadcasted. Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and Pokemon are only few titles that introduced world of manga and anime to the wider audience. Nowadays, young people each year create new artworks inspired by Japanese style of drawing. Nonetheless, manga and its long history, in large extent, popularized Japan among other countries.

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