Slomczynski, Kazimierz M. and Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, eds. 2007. Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers.
Book Description:
The research presented in this volume attempts to integrate two approaches to studying social structure: relational and distributional. In accordance with sociological tradition, an analysis of social structure in terms of social relations, particularly relations involving the control and subordination of certain social groups to others, can be identified as the social-class approach. Another approach, the social-stratification approach, concentrates on analyzing the distribution of commonly desired goods, for which the central question is who gets what, through what channels, and with what consequences. These two models of analysis are interrelated, as has been also demonstrated in two previous volumes, Social Patterns of Being Political and Social Structure: Changes and Linkages, both published by the IFiS Publishers.
The research presented in this volume is based on the Polish Panel Survey, called POLPAN, 1988-2003. The survey was conducted on a random (probability) sample of adult men and women in Poland, interviewed in 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003. Applying statistical analyses to these survey data, the contributors to this volume investigate the following topics:
- social structure and occupational careers;
- unemployment and underemployment;
- economic dimensions of social change;
- voting behavior, democracy, and democratic values;
- institutional attitudes related to politics, the state, and the Catholic Church.
Table of Contents:
Slomczynski, Kazimierz M. and Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt. 2007. “Introduction: Change and Continuity of Social Life.” Pp. 9-21 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Pubublishers. Full Text (PDF)
Slomczynski, Kazimierz M., Krystyna Janicka, Goldie Shabad, and Irina Tomescu-Dubrow. 2007. “Changes in Class Structure in Poland, 1988–2003: Crystallization of the Winners–Losers’ Divide.” Pp. 25-46 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Lovell, Rachel E. 2007. “Occupational-Career Interruptions: Patterns and Consequences.” Pp. 47-59 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Slomczynski, Kazimierz M. and Irina Tomescu-Dubrow. 2007. “Effects of Nonredundant Friends on Income Change: A Test of the Social Capital Hypothesis.” Pp. 61-71 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Weaver, Alicia A. 2007. “Farmer Stability and Adaptation to Change: The Impact of Mechanization and Productivity.” Pp. 73-92 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Osborn, Elizabeth. 2007. “Entrepreneurship: Potential and Actual.” Pp. 93-105 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Domański, Henryk. 2007. “Changes in Marital Homogamy and Mate Selection.” Pp. 107-35 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Tomescu-Dubrow, Irina. 2007. “Rapid Changes in Labor Market Segmentation and the Risk of Unemployment.” Pp. 139-51 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Kiersztyn, Anna. 2007. “Who Works for Less? Contingent Work and Underemployment.” Pp. 153-80 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Bojanowski, Michał. 2007. “Household Income Mobility During Systemic Transformation.” Pp.183-97 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Yamokoski, Alexis. 2007. “Financial Well-Being in Transition: A Study of Economic Elite, 1988 to 2003.” Pp. 199-215 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Kryszczuk, Maciej and Brian E. Green. 2007. “Computerization of Polish Households: An Analysis of Structural Determinants of the Digital Divide.” Pp. 217-40 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Kunovich, Sheri. 2007. “Acquiring Debt During Economic Transition.” Pp. 241-57 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Lovell, Rachel E. 2007. “Gender Differences in the Effects of Long-Term Illness on Income Attainment.” Pp. 259-67 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf. 2007. “Voting for Descriptive Representation: Demographic Cues Across Multiple Elections.” Pp. 271-86 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Peoples, Clayton D. 2007. “The Impact of Class on Voting Behavior in Presidential Elections: Direct Effects and Indirect Effects via Values?” Pp. 287-300 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T. 2007. “Democratic Values: Dynamics of Support.” Pp. 301-16 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Tomescu-Dubrow, Irina. 2007. “Structural Determinants of Retrospective Assessments of Socialism.” Pp. 319-31 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Glass, Christy M. and Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt. 2007. “Welfare State Change and Attitudes Toward the State.” Pp. 333-54 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Kistner, Natalie A. 2007. “The Sources and Consequences of Public Perceptions of Corruption.” Pp. 355-73 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Kunovich, Robert M. 2007. “Religion and State: An Examination of Attitudes Toward the Catholic Church.” Pp. 375-89 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Xydias, Christina V. 2007. “Gender Differences and Egalitarianism.” Pp. 391-410 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T. and Kazimierz M. Slomczynski. 2007. “Predictions for the Next Decade.” Pp. 413-22 in Continuity and Change in Social Life: Structural and Psychological Adjustment in Poland, edited by K. M. Slomczynski and S. T. Marquart-Pyatt. Warsaw: IFiS Publishers. Full Text (PDF)
References
List of Tables and Figures
About the Contributors
Index
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