Marek Ziólkowski, Rafal Drozdowski, Mariusz Baranowski

A Sociological Approach to Commodification (eBook, ePUB)

The Case of Transforming the Post-Socialist Society in Poland

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the processes of commodification and decommodification which have wrought changes in Polish society since 1945. Examining the case of Poland, this book also explores comparisons to other countries in the Eastern European region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040049426
• Artikelnr.: 70581720

Autorenporträt

Marek Ziolkowski is Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. His research interest includes sociological theory, sociology of knowledge and social consciousness and transformation of the contemporary Polish society.

Rafal Drozdowski is Professor at the Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. His research interest includes political sociology, visual sociology and sociology of everyday life.

Mariusz Baranowski is an adjunct researcher at the Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. His research interest includes political and economic sociology, social welfare issues and the critique of neoliberalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I
1. Commodification and decommodification - economic and sociological
perspectives
Part II: Transformations in Polish society after 1945 from the perspective
of commodification processes
2. Decommodification and commodification processes under real socialism in
Poland
3. The first years of the Polish transition from 'real socialism' to 'real
capitalism' (and 'real democracy')
4. Basic commodification and decommodification processes in the Polish
economy and Polish society since 1989: political and social conditions and
consequences
Part III:Commodification of selected areas of social life: universal trends
and Polish peculiarities
5. Varieties, conditions, consequences and paradoxes of the commodification
of nature
6. The commodification and decommodification of culture
7. The commodification of health care
8. Selected problems concerning the commodification of education and
science
9. Whose city is this? The city as an arena of commodification and
decommodification processes
Conclusions