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2. The transformation of an urban community in conditions of rapid town development.
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Kwiatkowska, Ewa Kaltenberg
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URBAN planning ,PLANNERS ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,CITIES & towns ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,PROBLEM solving - Abstract
This paper will examine some aspects of the formation of new residential areas, taking as an example the experience of one Polish city. The city under discussion developed quite rapidly due to the construction of a new industrial plant and considerable subsequent immigration. Attention is focused on the problem of the integration of newcomers and existing inhabitants. The paper refers to the town-planners' aims: how they were formulated and what methods were used to achieve them, as well as their social effects. However, some important social phenomena occurred which were not a direct product of conscious action by town planners and decision-taking bodies and these will also be mentioned. The relationship between sociological research and social practice will also be examined. The paper treats cities as specific socio-spatial entities, thus it is assumed that any phenomenon within an organized urban area has its specific social consequences and all-important social phenomena are reflected in the ways in which space is used and in attitudes towards it. Moreover, it is taken for granted that if objective facts are important, they must be reflected in social consciousness. Conversely, opinions or stereotypes, which exist in social consciousness influence and even, hinder actions. These individual and group decisions or actions constitute the above-mentioned objective facts.
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- 1979
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3. Paul Lazarsfeld and Polish sociology: A historical record of contact, perception, and impact.
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Sulek, Antoni
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SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIOLOGISTS ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,UNEMPLOYMENT - Abstract
This paper records the Polish aspects of P. F. Lazarsfeld's sociointellectual biography and examines his impact on Polish sociology. The analysis is divided into three chronological parts. In the 1930s, Lazarsfeld's empirical work inspired Polish sociologists in their studies on unemployment. In the late 1950s and 1960s, his model of empirical social research shaped the style of sociological practice in Poland. In the 1990s, some of Lazarsfeld's substantive contributions, mainly in the area of election studies, were taken up in Polish sociology. Lazarsfeld's influence on Polish sociology was conditioned by changes in Polish society and sociology, which is emphasized in this analysis. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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4. PART II ORGANIZATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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Jollivet, M.
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SOCIAL sciences ,PUBLIC opinion polls ,PUBLIC opinion ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
The article focuses on a seminar on the use of public opinion surveys, held in Warsaw, Poland from September 1-20, 1958. The seminar was attended by French and Polish professors and research workers. For the first week the seminar dealt with the place which sampling occupies, or could occupy in the methodology of the main social sciences. During the following two weeks, the discussions concerned a number of sampling surveys that had been conducted in France and Poland. The seminar opened with a study of economic behavior patterns. The organization of Poland's economy has been severely criticized and a genuine attempt at reconstructing the economic system has been under way. The necessity of the study of scientific organization of labor was discussed. Studies of electoral sociology may simply attempt to describe an election as completely and objectively as possible, as an historical event and for the purposes of history. The Polish press and radio are playing a very important part in introducing the sampling method into Polish sociological research.
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- 1959
5. THE UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGICAL CENTRE IN CRACOW.
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UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,ETHNOLOGY ,RURAL population ,RURAL sociology - Abstract
There are two chairs of sociological studies at the Jagellonian University in Cracow, Poland. One is the Chair of General Ethnography and Sociology held since 1935 by professor Kasimierz Dobrowski and the Chair of Sociology and Demography held by professor Pawel Rybicki, established in 1957. The research work in general ethnography and sociology is mainly concerned with two fundamental processes. First, the socio-cultural transformation of the rural milieu and second, the influence on the working class and its culture on the influx of rural population to towns and industrial centers. The research activity of the Chair of Sociology and Demography is concentrated on three problems. The first problem is the history of social thought. Second problem is urban sociology and the third is the demographic and sociological problems connected with the migratory movements of the population. In addition to research work paper, the two chair are also responsible for the teaching of sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the Angelina University.
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- 1961
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