Religion in the discourse of politics : a debate on abortion in Poland

Artykuł dotyczy polskiego sporu aborcyjnego osadzonego w realiach dyskursu polityki. Analiza uwzględnia przede wszystkim debaty sejmowe z lat 2006/2007–2016, a więc te, które odbywały się po latach: 1989 i 2004, określanych jako dwa punkty zwrotne w procesach transformacji ustrojowej i demokratyzacji. Publikacja przedstawia główne strategie dyskursywne stosowane przez uczestników sporów oraz wskazuje na miejsce, jakie zajmują w nich wątki religijne. Metodą wykorzystaną w pracach jest socjologiczna analiza dyskursu, zdefiniowana głównie według założeń Jorge Ruiz Ruiz i uzupełniona elementami analizy ilościowej.Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the Polish discourse of politics related to the question of the abortion law. The analysis focuses on parliamentary debates that took place between 2006/2007 and 2016, thus, after years: 1989 and 2004 which are recognized as the two turning points of Polish transformation and democratization processes. The paper presents the discursive strategies applied by the adversaries as well as underlines the religious arguments formulated by them. The method, that has been chosen for the investigation, is the sociological discourse analysis defined mainly according to Jorge Ruiz and supplemented by the elements of the quantitative research

Neoclassical realism and foreign policy analysis : a possible way of integration?

The main goal of the article is to discuss whether neoclassical realism (NCR), described as the most recent realist research programme might be perceived as a fruitful way of integrating IR theory with the assumptions of foreign policy analysis (FPA). Consequently, the research question that has to be answered, is whether the NCR has succeeded as a new research programme developed as an attempt to give the Waltzian theory more explanatory power. The article starts with a critical analysis of the main assumptions of the NCR, after which it focuses on FPA defined as a subdiscipline of IR. The third part of the text draws the attention to the neoclassical realism’s integration of ‘intervening variables’ that bring FPA insights into the realist theoretical paradigm. It is argued that apart from numerous theoretical flaws, there is still a possible way to develop its theoretical depth through careful borrowing from FPA

Propozycje ponowoczesnych interpretacji – metodyczny dwugłos o praktykowaniu lektury i praktykach czytania

The article is a review of two monographs: Praktyki czytania. Ponowoczesna interpretacja a szkoła of Grażyna Tomaszewska and Praktykowanie lektury of Dariusz Szczukowski, published in 2019. The authors are professors of the University of Gdańsk who meet the expectations of contemporary school and propose ways of working with literary texts that inspire teachers and students, allowing them to open up to the multidimensionality of reading perspectives.Artykuł jest recenzją dwóch monografii: Praktyki czytania. Ponowoczesna interpretacja a szkoła Grażyny Tomaszewskiej i Praktykowanie lektury Dariusza Szczukowskiego, wydanych w 2019 roku. Autorzy są profesorami Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego. W swych publikacjach wychodzą naprzeciw oczekiwaniom współczesnej szkoły oraz proponują inspirujące dla nauczycieli i uczniów sposoby pracy z tekstami literackimi, które pozwalają otworzyć się na wielowymiarowość odczytań lekturowych

Możliwości terapeutyczne literatury dla dzieci i młodzieży w pracy z uczniem o specjalnych potrzebach edukacyjnych

The aim of the article is to broaden the knowledge of the selection and the use of literature applied in the education and therapy of children and young people. The text is addressed to teachers, educators, librarians, pedagogues and psychologists who want to develop skills of independent conducting classes with elements of bibliotherapy and to learn the value of reading (not only school) in work with students with special educational and reading needs. The author, referring to the statements of candidates for the teaching profession, draws attention to the therapeutic value of literature. She also encourages independent search and selection of various texts for students who are reluctant to read, students with dyslexia, ADHD and for people with disabilities, chronically ill and struggling with various problems and fears.Celem artykułu jest poszerzenie wiedzy z zakresu doboru i wykorzystania literatury stosowanej w edukacji i terapii dzieci i młodzieży. Tekst adresowany jest do nauczycieli, wychowawców, bibliotekarzy, pedagogów i psychologów, którzy chcą rozwijać umiejętności samodzielnego prowadzenia zajęć z elementami biblioterapii i poznać wartość lektur (nie tylko szkolnych) w pracy z uczniami o specjalnych potrzebach edukacyjnych i czytelniczych. Autorka, odwołując się do wypowiedzi kandydatów do zawodu nauczyciela, zwraca uwagę na terapeutyczną wartość literatury, zachęca też do samodzielnego poszukiwania i doboru różnorodnych tekstów dla uczniów niechętnie czytających, z zaburzeniami dysleksji, ADHD oraz dla osób niepełnosprawnych, przewlekle chorych i borykających się z różnymi problemami oraz lękami

The Polish dispute over in vitro : the character of public debate

The aim of the article is to present the polish discourse on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and law regulation related to this issue. This article investigates the discursive strategies presented in the political discourse as well as in the part of public discourse, where the positions of proponents and opponents of the IVF are articulated. The publication presents the arguments of the Catholic clergy as well as activists and journalists associated with the Church (mainly presented in the press and on the Internet). In addition, the article shows the views of those who are strongly engaged in the promotion of the in vitro fertilization in Poland (their arguments are mostly presented in the press, media as well as on the Internet websites that were established especially for this reason). The article analyses the question of the identity of those who are IVF children and who recently are also taking part in the public debate related to this issue. The method, that has been chosen for the investigation, is the sociological discourse analysis, which enables to understand the social world (and political as well) from within while focusing on sense and reference of communication acts. Consequently, it can be applied to studying N. Luhmann’s system theory that assumes the investigation of the social system from within its own functioning

Domain enhanced interlayer coupling in ferroelectric/paraelectric superlattices

We investigate the ferroelectric phase transition and domain formation in a periodic superlattice consisting of alternate ferroelectric (FE) and paraelectric (PE) layers of nanometric thickness. We find that the polarization domains formed in the different FE layers can interact with each other via the PE layers. By coupling the electrostatic equations with those obtained by minimizing the Ginzburg-Landau functional we calculate the critical temperature of transition Tc as a function of the FE/PE superlattice wavelength and quantitatively explain the recent experimental observation of a thickness dependence of the ferroelectric transition temperature in KTaO3/KNbO3 strained-layer superlattices.Comment: Latest version as was published in PR

Epitaxial growth and structural characterization of Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 thin films

We have grown lead iron niobate thin films with composition Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 (PFN) on (0 0 1) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The influence of the deposition conditions on the phase purity was studied. Due to similar thermodynamic stability spaces, a pyrochlore phase often coexists with the PFN perovskite phase. By optimizing the kinetic parameters, we succeeded in identifying a deposition window which resulted in epitaxial perovskite-phase PFN thin films with no identifiable trace of impurity phases appearing in the X-ray diffractograms. PFN films having thicknesses between 20 and 200 nm were smooth and epitaxially oriented with the substrate and as demonstrated by RHEED streaks which were aligned with the substrate axes. X-ray diffraction showed that the films were completely c-axis oriented and of excellent crystalline quality with low mosaicity (X-ray rocking curve FWHM<0.09). The surface roughness of thin films was also investigated by atomic force microscopy. The root-mean-square roughness varies between 0.9 nm for 50-nm-thick films to 16 nm for 100-nm-thick films. We also observe a correlation between grain size, surface roughness and film thickness.Comment: 13 Pages, 6 figures. To be published in J. Mag. Mag Mater. proceedings of EMRS200

Miejsce krzyża w przestrzeni publicznej - analiza wybranych debat

The aim of the article is to present the public discourse on the presence of a cross in the Polish parliament, which began after the parliamentary elections in 2011. At this time a group of the party Ruch Poparcia Palikota (RPP) submitted to the Marshal of the Sejm a request for its removal from the chamber. The article presents selected topics from the debate, focusing mainly on the arguments presented in the proposal and expertise of the Parliamentary Research Bureau and the arguments formulated in “Gazeta Wyborcza” newspaper, where they are presented as a continuation of the debate only initiated in the parliament, and then transferred to the media. Parliamentary debate took place only in one area – the political rivalry between the parties – while in the media appeared topics initiated by other institutions than the parties, i.e. educational institutions, public administration institutions and private individuals