Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2000-1
POLAND
Ongoing social science research projects of the year 1999 financed by the
Scientific Research Committee in Poland:[1]
* Henryk Domański, (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish
Academy of Sciences): On the formation of the middle class in time of
transformation
Duration: 36 months
* Janusz Klisiński (Technical University of Częstochowa):
Professional status of sports managers in North America, in the European Union
member states and in Poland. A comparative study.
Duration: 36 Months
* Wies3aw [sterling]ukaszewski (University of Opole,
Faculty of Philology and History): Individual conceptions of human nature and
their regulative function
Duration: 36 Months
* (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology): Perception of
social justice in Poland in the nineties. A comparative study.
Duration: 31 Months
* Barbara Krystyna Paw3owska (Adam Mickiewicz University,
Faculty of Social Sciences, Poznań): Modernity, postmodernism, tradition, and
heritage of socialism. Formation and nature of the articulation of new interest
and value constellations in Poland
Duration: 31 Months
* Zbigniew Rau (University of [sterling]odz, Faculty of Law and
Administration): Liberalism and its concepts of freedom. A comparative study on
liberal practice and political thought
Duration: 36 Months
* Bogdan Wojciszke (University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Social
Sciences): Productivity and dignity as ethic values of contemporary Polish
society
Duration: 36 Months
* Wojciech Zaborowski (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish
Academy of Sciences) Success in transformation: general structural-institutional
and psycho-social conditions and consequences
Duration: 30 Months
* Irena Borowik (Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Philosophy)
Religious and moral pluralism in Poland
Duration: 36 Months
* Anna Firkowska-Mankiewicz (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology,
Polish Academy of Sciences): Influence of social background and intelligence on
career and success in life
Duration: 30 Months
* Krystyna Janicka (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish
Academy of Sciences): Social discrimination: symptoms, patterns and structural
conditions
Duration: 28 Months
* Kazimierz S3omczynski (Institute of Philosophy and
Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences) Social structure of Polish society: state
and changes from 1988 to 1998 and prognoses till 2008
Duration: 36 Months
Ooerodek Studiow Wschodnich
ul. Koszykowa 6a
00-564 Warszawa
Tel.: +48 (22) 628-47-67, 625-36-91
Fax: + 48 (22) 629-87-99
E-mail: osw@uxa.osw.waw.pl
Management: Karp, Marek J. (director)
Year of foundation: 1991
Historical development: The Centre for Eastern Studies was created in
the spring of 1991 as a response to the changes, which took place in the USSR at
the turn of the 1990s.
Staff: 60
Financing: The Centre for Eastern Studies is a part of Polish
governmental structure, operating within the framework of the Ministry of
Economy.
Departments:
* Russian Department (head: K. Pelczyńska-Nalecz)
* "Borderland" Department - covering the Ukraine, Belarus, Baltic
States, Moldavia, Caucasus and Central Asia (head: J. Cichocki)
* Analytical Group "Security and Defensive Powers" (head: J.
Darczewska)
* Balkans Analytical Group (head: W. Stanis3awski)
* The Analytical Association of the Centre for the Eastern Studies - a
non-governmental organisation created in July 1999 by the group of experts from
the Centre for Eastern Studies and other Polish analysts clustered around the
Centre. The main objective of the Association is to promote and support
analytical activities dealing with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
* Electronic-media Department (head: A. Labuszewska)
* Economic Department (head: W. Paczyński)
Main fields: The Centre for Eastern Studies monitors and analyses
political, economic and social processes taking place in post-Soviet countries
and in the Balkan region. The main task of the Centre is to provide Polish
authorities and administration (but also scientific and journalistic circles)
with an ongoing information service as well as in-depth analyses of political,
economic and social processes in post-Soviet states. The Centre offers advisory
services, prepares informative and analytical materials and specialised
expertise.
Publications/ papers: The Centre for Eastern Studies offers several
different types of publications - weekly TYDZIEN NA WSCHODZIE ('Week on the
East'), biweekly BIULETYN EKONOMICZNY ('Economical Bulletin). Texts written by
the Centre's analysts as well as collaborating foreign experts are published in
SYGNALY ('Signals') and ANALIZY ('Analyses').
Services: The Centre subscribes to approximately 200 newspapers and
magazines received mainly from the post-Soviet states and also monitors radio
and television broadcasts from this region. It possesses a systematically
updated and modified database offering a full-text search system. Since October
the Centre's services and publications have been accessible to the public via
the Internet.
Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego
ul. Flory 9
00-586 Warsaw
Tel.: +48 22 48 80 55
Fax: +48 22 49 35 61
E-mail: batory@batory.org.pl
Management: Wojnarowski, Jacek (executive director)
Year of foundation: 1988
Financing: Stefan Batory Foundation is a non-profit and
non-governmental organisation, which was established by George Soros. Most of
Foundation's financial resources come from the Open Society Institute,
established and sponsored by George Soros.
Main fields: The goal of the Stefan Batory Foundation is to strengthen
democracy and support the development of open, civil society in Poland. The
foundation fulfils its aim by providing assistance to NGOs, associations and
foundations involved in the process of social, economic and political
transformation in Poland. The Foundation is active in three main fields:
* Education - the Foundation implements programs with the aim to increase the
quality of education at a secondary school and university level and to provide
the access to education for wider groups of young people, especially those from
economically, socially or physically disadvantaged communities. It supports
scientific institutions and groups, teachers, students and groups of parents who
launch efforts to improve the standard of education in Poland.
* Civil society - the Foundation supports civil initiatives that aim to solve
specific problems of the community and foster active, responsible, civic
attitudes. It puts a lot of effort into strengthening democratic institutions
and development of the non-governmental organisations in Poland. It contributes
to the development of the free and responsible media, supports publication of
books and journals concerning democratic thought and the issues dealing with
social, economic and political transformations in CEE. The Foundation assists
the marginalized members of the community in order to reduce the level of social
exclusion and to contribute to social stability. It also supports institutions,
which disseminate knowledge and practical skills in the field of law and human
rights, and institutions offering free legal advice and services to local
communities. The Foundation aims to support the co-operation between states,
civil institutions, non-governmental organisations and citizens in Central and
Eastern Europe.
* Culture - the Foundation supports cultural events in the field of music,
theatre, fine arts, literature and film. It aims to revive cultural activities
in small towns and villages, to promote intercultural exchange, tolerance and
peaceful coexistence of people of different cultures, ethnic and religious
backgrounds.
Events: Apart from giving grants the Foundation runs also
operational activities including conferences, seminars and workshops in various
fields.
* Siemienska, Renata. 1999. Woman and Men in Elites. Cross-national Study,
Warsaw: Interdisciplinary Research Section on Gender and Women's Issues of the
Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, - 46 p.
* Adamski, W. W.; Buncak, J.; Machonin, P.; Martin, D. (Ed.). 1999.
System Change and Modernisation. East - West in Comparative Perspective, Warsaw:
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, 373 p.
The comparative research project that since 1994 to 1997 mobilised no less
than forty sociologists, both in France and in Central Europe, constitutes the
empirical background of this book. Its main objective is to explore the dynamics
of system change and modernisation, focused on the paths of events following the
collapse of state-socialist regimes in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The authors attempt to analyse what in these processes of societal
transformation is peculiar to each of the three countries and what in their
national patterns of change is common or universal.
[1] This part of the text is a
supplement to the list of research projects published in the September 1999
issue of the Newsletter.
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