Attitudes Of Poles Research Articles

Imigranci tureccy w Polsce. Percepcja różnic kulturowych w procesie adaptacji na rynku pracy

This article is about immigrants’ perceptions of their host society and cultural differences. The analysis is based on twenty in-depth interviews conducted in 2018 with persons from Turkey working in Poland. Their narratives are a rich source of information about the challenges of the integration process and about the opportunities and dilemmas of ethnically and religiously diverse groups in Polish society, which is becoming increasingly multicultural. The respondents pointed to the recent noticeable deterioration in the attitude of Poles toward foreigners in general, which translates into more negative attitudes toward Turks. The cultural differences most commonly noticed related to work culture and working conditions. Although Poland’s fairly large ethnic uniformity was mostly declared to be a hindrance in the adaptation process, some immigrants saw it as strengthening social cohesion and facilitating adaptation to life in the new country. In defining the cultural differences and expectations of the host society, the foreigners became more aware of the values, practices, and attitudes with which they had become acquainted. Some interviewees did not define the differences they observed as traits of the sending or receiving society but rather “de-nationalized” the differences and referred to other categories of diversity, for example, of a class nature.

Better Migrants, Worse Migrants: Young, Educated Poles Look at New Incomers to Poland

This article concerns select aspects of social perceptions and categorizations of foreigners settling in Poland. The core of this work is an analysis of a series of qualitative interviews conducted with young, educated residents of Warsaw. Herein the authors draw attention to a significant change in the consciousness of Polish society: a recognition of the permanent presence of migrants in Poland as well as discernment of the sociocultural problems associated with that presence. In the eyes of our interlocutors, the past two decades have been a time in which the attitude of Poles towards incoming aliens has shifted. Influencing opinions have been personal or familial experiences of emigration, particularly after the 2004 accession of Poland into the European Union. Also affecting attitudes have been an immigration wave from Ukraine as well as the tangible consequences of the 2015 migrant crisis. On the one hand, all these factors together have caused Poland to be seen today as not only an emigration, but also an immigration country. On the other hand, these have also provoked a conscious classification of various categories of migrants with regards to their geographic and cultural background along with the roles they might possibly fill in this country.

Stosunek Polaków do transformacji ustrojowej: główne postawy oraz ich uwarunkowania w obliczu 30. rocznicy upadku komunizmu

The article discusses the attitude of Poles towards the political transformation in 1989, based on opinion poll surveys, mainly those carried out by the Centre for Public Opinion Research (CBOS) over the last 25 years and focusing on those from 2014–2019. The author presents the conditions in which the opinions about the political transformation were shaped, as well as the factors that influenced this process. Next, she analyzes factors impacting the Polish society’s attitude towards the transformation. The article refers to the public discourse about the past, including the education and media coverage.

Attitudes of Poles towards prosocial activity in 1988-2016

The purpose of this article is to present the specific nature of the Polish society’s attitude towards prosocial activity in the period of the beginning of transformation and later on. The article describes in more detailed form the assumption on the growing complexity of prosocial activities and complexity of related motivations. The research questions are focuesdon several issues: how Poles perceive assistance, if they willingly help the ones in need, who they help, what forms of prosocial activities they prefer and what motivates them, how they change their attitude and pro-social activities in helping other people. The analysis of available representative survey-based research leads to the conclusion that the nature of Poles' attitudes towards prosocial activity is ambivalent.

Ewolucja polityki azylowej Polski Od internacjonalizacji do przeciweuropeizacji

The aim of the article is to analyze the assumptions of Poland’s asylum policy in the years 1990—2019. In the discussed period, three phases of the evolution of asylum policy were distinguished: internationalization, Europeanization and anti‑Europeanization. This policy is analyzed through the prism of the evolution of components important for policy making as a public policy. These include: forms of protection for foreigners, Poland’s international obligations, membership in international organizations, infrastructure, institutional solutions, integration policy, the intensity of public debate, and the attitude of Poles towards refugees.

Dynamika i kierunek zmian postaw Polaków wobec imigrantów (uchodźców oraz nieuchodźców) i ich powiązań z terroryzmem w ciągu ostatnich dziesięcioleci

Dynamika i kierunek zmian postaw Polaków wobec imigrantów (uchodźców oraz nieuchodźców) i ich powiązań z terroryzmem w ciągu ostatnich dziesięcioleci

Polacy w obliczu współczesnych procesów i problemów migracyjnych. Poczucie zagrożenia i jego społeczno-demograficzne uwarunkowania na podstawie analizy wyników badań sondażowych

Celem artykułu jest ukazanie, w jakim stopniu Polacy dostrzegają zagrożenia migracyjne, jak sytuują je na tle innych zagrożeń, jak zapatrują się na kryzys migracyjny oraz na przyjmowanie imigrantów i uchodźców, w jakim stopniu zmieniało się poczucie zagrożenia w ostatnich latach, a także, jakie cechy społeczne i demograficzne istotnie rzutowały na percepcję w tym zakresie. Autor dokonał przeglądu raportów i komunikatów z badań sondażowych CBOS z ostatnich lat oraz innych wybranych podmiotów badawczych, w tym również ukazujących różnice między Polakami i przedstawicielami innych narodów europejskich w zakresie postrzegania zjawisk migracyjnych. W trakcie analizy autor zwracał też uwagę na niektóre metodologiczne aspekty badań.

The Golden Mean Principle. A Handful of Comments on the Currently Dominant Discourse on ‘Polish-Jewish Relations’

The article attempts to deconstruct the dominant Polish discourse regarding the ‘Polish-Jewish relations’. Its central ϐigures are: the logic of the golden mean as a tool to reach historical truth, symmetrisation of Polish and Jewish wrongs and faults, and hospitality as the prevalent attitude of Poles towards Jews. The authors show its opinion forming power using three examples: a review of Paweł Pawlikowski’s film Ida, the reception of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and a discussion on the Righteous monuments, which were to be erected in Warsaw.

Migracja wyzwaniem dla Kościoła w Polsce

The current growing migration wave in Europe has been a challenge not only for politicians and economists, but also for the Church in Poland, which, so far, has not struggled in this area. Her past experience was mainly related to the pastoral care of Poles living in exile in many countries of the world. The article deals with pastoral problems related to the intensity of migration movements. It also shows, on the basis of sociological research, changes in the attitudes of Poles towards migrants and refugees, and then introduces the main ideas of the Church’s teaching on the phenomenon of migration. In the fi nal part, the article tries to formulate proposals that could used as an impulse for the Polish pastoral ministry.

Polacy wobec białoruskich aspiracji narodowych w Mińsku w 1917 roku

This article explores changes in the attitudes of Poles towards the Belarusian national aspirations during great transformations in Russia, i.e. in 1917. At that time, Poland had to acknowledge the fact that its efforts to establish itself as the protector of the Belarusian peoples had petered out. Consequently, the Poles adopted different attitudes to possible cooperation with Belarusian politicians, from denying such a possibility altogether (National Democracy) to considering them equal partners (Polish Democratic Union, or PZD).

The Attitude of Poles towards the European Union and their participation in the elections to the European Parliament

The Attitude of Poles towards the European Union and their participation in the elections to the European Parliament

Reguła złotego środka. Kilka uwag na temat współczesnego dominującego dyskursu o „stosunkach polsko-żydowskich”

Tekst jest próbą dekonstrukcji polskiego dyskursu dominującego w temacie tzw. stosunków polsko-żydowskich. Centralne figury tego dyskursu to logika złotego środka jako narzędzia dochodzenia do prawdy historycznej, symetryzacja polskich i żydowskich krzywd oraz win, a także gościnność jako powszechna postawa Polaków wobec Żydów. Autorzy pokazują opiniotwórczą siłę oddziaływania tego dyskursu na trzech przykładach: recenzji filmu Ida Pawła Pawlikowskiego, recepcji Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich Polin oraz dyskusji o pomnikach Sprawiedliwych, które miały stanąć w Warszawie.

Ample Religious Freedom and the Fear of Islam

The reviewer presents the main theses of Martha Nussbaum's latest book ( The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age ) and enters into discussion with it. Although the reviewer does not object to Nussbaum's thesis on the important role of religion in the individual's life, she nevertheless believes that what may arouse controversy is Nussbaum's failure to distinguish between a religious community and sects that may be dangerous to their members. Next, since Nussbaum defends Islam by saying that it is compatible with women's rights, the reviewer challenges this statement by pointing out that Nussbaum's charge against European governments (the pursuit of assimilation and homogeneity) may also be levelled against Muslims themselves. The reviewer also charges Nussbaum with not following, on numerous occasions, the very principles she introduces (among other things, she is not objective about the attitudes of Poles to the Holocaust during World War II, forgetting about issues such as Jan Karski's contribution to spreading information in the West about the extermination of the Jews taking place in occupied Poland or the participation of over 6,000 Poles in saving Jews, for which they were awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal).

Reconstructing Class Sport Practices in Post-Communist Poland

Abstract The article analyzes the changes in attitude of Poles towards sport and recreational activities as well as their participation in these disciplines between the period before system transformations and the present day. Based on examples from literature and own studies, we have observed that Poles have shown a growing interest in sport and recreational activities. Moreover, social diversity of participants in this field has been noted. Sport disciplines and diverse recreational activities perceived as "bourgeois" during the socialist period are becoming more popular among members of the middle and upper classes as potential attractive and clear markers of social status. Interest in sport, skills, knowledge, and sports equipment and outfit in such disciplines as sailing, horse riding, golf, and hunting are thus becoming distinctive social markers. These factors are adopted in the reconstruction of sports practiced by members of different social classes. The continuity of sport practice was abruptly interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War and the following half-century of socialism

Żniwo „Złotych żniw"

The article is an attempt to assess a social impact of the book “Golden Harvest”, published at the beginning of 2011 by Jan Tomasz Gross and Irena Grudzińska-Gross. The authors of the book have revealed facts, scale and motives of participation of the Polish citizens in killing and robbing Jews in the Nazi-occupied Poland. They have demonstrated that the scale of Jewish homicide was broader than hitherto described, and argued that it was greater than the scope of help provided to the Jews. The book triggered a fiery public debate in Poland. Based on the research polls the Author of the article demonstrates that the impact of “Golden Harvest” is quite complex. The book and the debate did activate the social memory concerning violence, burglary and killings of the Jews. Supposedly, they also persuaded some scarce number of Poles that such facts, quite numerous, did happen and made a significant number of Poles think that it might have been so. The discussion did not, however, change an overall and valuating opinion about the attitude of Poles towards Holocaust. The Author tries to explain why the book’s effect was far less spectacular than its authors had expected. The answer is looked for in the attitudes of Poles and the type of beliefs that were to have been changed as a result of publishing “Golden Harvest”, as well as in the specific features of the book and the debate triggered by it.

Ordinary Poles Look at the Jews

This article constitutes a meta-analysis of sociological surveys conducted between 1967 and 2010 on the attitudes of Poles towards Jews. This analysis covers factual knowledge about Jews, like/dislike feelings, social distance, cognitive schema, and views regarding Polish–Jewish history. The results reflect a general nonacceptance of strangers as well as a specific type of anti-Semitism with strong roots in and encompassing a broad spectrum of Polish society. In this respect, Poland and some of the other Central Eastern European countries are much alike and distinguish themselves negatively in comparison to Western Europe. Nevertheless, in the last decade a positive shift in Polish attitudes towards Jews has been manifesting itself: feelings of closeness are increasing while disapproving cognitive schemes are decreasing. Further changes depend upon the reconstruction of Polish national identity as well as on the public debates delving into Polish–Jewish relations past and present.

‘What is to be Done When the Motherland Has Died?’ The Moods and Attitudes of Poles After the Third Partition, 1795–1806

Literary scholars who have examined the reactions of Polish writers to the third and final partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795 have concluded that the dominant emotion of the first twelve years was despair, producing a moral desert, ruled by violence and treason. Most historians, in contrast, have emphasized cases of Polish resistance to foreign rule during the first years of statelessness. This article draws on a wide range of sources to present a more nuanced picture of Polish moods and attitudes in this period, especially in the lands annexed by the Russian Empire. A range of motivations emerges from the oaths of loyalty taken by the nobility to their new rulers. Military service in the service of one of the partitioning powers was at the time widely considered to be one of the more acceptable paths taken by those Poles who did not continue the struggle for national independence in exile. The article concludes that, by the time Napoleonic victories had changed the political outlook in 1806, the initial crisis of national consciousness had already been overcome, and that the existence of a Polish state was no longer the conditio sine qua non of the nation’s survival.

Stosunek do imigrantów i polityki imigracyjnej w Polsce: specyfika postaw oraz ich uwarunkowania

This paper presents results of empirical analysis of data on opinions and attitudes of Poles towards immigrants. In the investigation we aim at reconstructing the multidimensional character of the attitudes expressed as a tolerance in a broad sense. The measurement and analyzes of several aspects of tolerance are based on European Social Survey Data from 2002. International character of the dataset served us as a point of departure to evaluate attitudes towards immigrants and immigration policies, as they exist in Poland, to attitudes which are supported in other countries. The main focus of the paper concentrates on social and geographical determinants of the attitudes towards foreigners. We trace the dependencies of between tolerance and selected structural and territorial factors.