10 research outputs found
(A)społeczność lokalna? Przemiany więzi społecznych na przykładzie dzielnicy Ksawera w Będzinie
The article, based on biographic interviews conducted in 2009 and 2010, discusses the
matter of social integration and disintegration of local community in Ksawera — a postindustrial
suburb of Będzin town in Zagłębie region. The main object of analysis is the change of social bonds
after transformation and closing of coal mine, which was main employer for inhabitants during real
socialism
Gry językowe: polski antysemityzm czy żydowski antypolonizm?
Od upadku komunizmu Polska w mediach zagranicznych bardzo często pojawia się w kontekście antysemityzmu i ksenofobii. Nie przesądzając o prawdziwości takiego obrazu, należy zadać pytanie o jego genezę. Można wyróżnić wiele czynników, które ukształtowały taką, a nie inną wizję naszego kraju na zewnątrz. Należą do nich między innymi: nieuregulowany problem własności dóbr żydowskich sprzed wojny, tzw. sprawa Jedwabnego oraz liczne wypowiedzi polskich polityków i kościelnej hierarchii. Oskarżenia Polski i Polaków o antysemityzm nie pozostają w kraju bez echa. [fragm.
Cudzoziemcy na Górnym Śląsku: analiza dyskursu medialnego na temat ośrodków dla cudzoziemców w Katowicach i Bytomiu
The article presents the question of the functioning centres for foreigners (asylum seekers)
run by the Office for Foreigners in Upper Silesian cities Katowice (2008—2009) and Bytom
(2008—2010) in the media discourse at the local, regional and national level. The analysis concerns
the texts and articles and comments from online forums related to the presence of foreigners —
mostly Muslims from northern Caucasus, mainly from Chechenya — applying for refugee status
in Poland. It was also analysed how the media created the image of these foreigners as well as the
naming strategies and attitudes towards this group of the “Others”
Evaluation of European Union Projects - sign of development or meaningless practice? Example of the Silesian Voivodeship
The research and the results which are presented above certainly do not exhaust
the subject of evaluation of projects financed from the EU but are a presentation
centred around the reflections on the self-improvement function of evaluation
practices. A few further aspects should be noted.
The first major issue that definitely stands out is associated with the very
small percentage of projects in which evaluation was carried out in an exemplary
manner – only one in eight (12.8%) cases. Even taking into account the fact that
in 43 projects (or 30%) more or less successful attempts to carry out evaluation
activities (or recognised as such by the implementers) were made all the time,
more than half, as many as 79, did not take into account the stage of evaluation.
The reasons – or rather, the reasons given by the respondents – for this state of
affairs were already mentioned above.
The data indicate that the project implementers face various barriers in their
evaluation. On the one hand, it is often a lack of sufficient technical knowledge
and the broader financial issues, but on the other hand, there were factors such
as lack of conviction about the need for evaluation research. It is worth considering
this argument because it suggests that, for a large part of the implementers,
feedback seems to be unnecessary – or, in a more optimistic version – the ‘cost’ of obtaining it appears to be too high in relation to its value. This puts into question
the importance of the self-improvement function of evaluation, which is
sometimes regarded as a kind of unnecessarily addition to the project.
Optimism can be found on the part of the – admittedly small number of
– individuals who coped very well with the difficult task of evaluation of the
implemented projects, one effect of which was to formulate conclusions and recommendations.
What is important is that the projects in which evaluation was carried out
and regarded as exemplary were carried out by different units: employment offices
and social welfare centres (in partnership with other institutions) and local
government units. Research shows that the above-mentioned topics and the
methods used by the evaluators, were also very diverse.
It is finally noted that the curricula of courses ending in writing a thesis on a
project, more often than not, have a requirement of creating the concept of evaluation
of projects to serve the real needs of the communities to which they are
addressed. Introduction of evaluation studies in humanities and social curricula
is the answer to those responsible for education at university level to the needs of
the national and European labour markets. By strengthening the capacity of the
future of public administration staff and the third sector in the long run one is
given a chance to spread and increase the level of conducting evaluation research
on the implementation of projects financed from the EU funds
Patterns of Resilience during Socioeconomic Crises among Households in Europe (RESCuE): Concept, Objectives and Work. Packages of an EU FP 7 Project
Since 2008, Europe has been shaken by an ongoing crisis. If relevant parts of populations
are exposed to socioeconomic risks, it is a distinctive characteristic of European
political ethics that they must not be left alone, but should be subject to support
and solidarity by budget support policy, economic development policies and
social policy at different levels. But, in analogy with medical and psychological findings,
some parts of the vulnerable population, although experiencing the same living
conditions as others, are developing resilience, which in our context means that they
perform social, economic and cultural practices and habits which protect them from
suffer and harm and support sustainable patterns of coping and adaption. This resilience
to socioeconomic crises at household levels is the focus of the project. It can
consist of identity patterns, knowledge, family or community relations, cultural and
social as well as economic practices, be they formal or informal. Welfare states,
labour markets and economic policies at both macro or meso level form the context
or ‘environment’ of those resilience patterns. For reasons of coping with the crisis
without leaving the common ground of the implicit European social model (or the
unwritten confession to the welfare state) under extremely bad monetary conditions
in many countries, and for reasons of maintaining quality of life and improving social
policy, it is a highly interesting perspective to learn from emergent processes of resilience
development and their preconditions. Thus, the main questions are directed
at understanding patterns and dimensions of resilience at micro-/household level in
different types of European member and neighbour states accounting for regional
varieties, relevant internal and external conditions and resources as well as influences
on these patterns by social, economic or labour market policy as well as legal
regulations
Społeczność romska w Polsce jako beneficjenci działań pomocowych
Tematem artykułu jest sytuacja romskiej grupy etnicznej w Polsce jako beneficjentów działań pomocowych w szerokim rozumieniu tego pojęcia – zarówno ze strony systemu pomocy społecznej, jak i edukacji oraz instytucji rynku pracy. W części pierwszej przedstawiono krótką charakterystykę społeczności romskiej w Polsce na tle innych krajów regionu ze szczególnym naciskiem na jej sytuację socjalno-bytową i zachodzące przemiany o charakterze obyczajowym. W dalszej części opisano sytuację Romów mieszkających w Polsce jako klientów sektora pomocy społecznej oraz wyzwania i dylematy dla pracy socjalnej i projektowania polityk sektorowych, w tym zwłaszcza zatrudnienia i edukacji, wynikające z pracy w środowisku odmiennym kulturowo od większości społeczeństwa. W kontekście implementacji polityki multikulturalizmu poruszono kwestię potencjalnych możliwości dostosowania krajowej polityki społecznej do specyficznych potrzeb i wymogów kulturowych romskiej mniejszości etnicznej oraz zaprezentowano przykłady dobrych praktyk. Tekst jest oparty na źródłach zastanych, a także częściowo na badaniach własnych autorki związanych z przygotowaniem rozprawy doktorskiej oraz na jej osobistych doświadczeniach w pracy z Romami w Małopolsce i na Górnym Śląsku oraz z osobami z ich otoczenia społeczneg
Roma community in Poland as beneficiaries of welfare activities
The topic of the article is the situation of the Roma ethnic group in Poland as beneficiaries of assistance activities in the broad sense of the term – both of the social welfare system, as well as education and labour market institutions. In the first part, a short description of the Roma community in Poland will be presented on the background of other countries of the region, with particular emphasis on their social and living situation and moral changes. The situation of Roma living in Poland as clients of the social welfare sector will be described further along with challenges and dilemmas for social work and designing sectoral policies, including labour market and education, resulting from working in a culturally different environment from the majority society. In the context of multiculturalism policy implementation, the issue of potential possibilities of adapting national social policy to the specific needs and cultural requirements of the Roma ethnic minority will be discussed, as well as examples of good practices will be presented. The text is based on existing data sources, as well as partly on the author's own research conducted due to being prepared PhD dissertation and her personal experience in working with Roma in Małopolska and Upper Silesia
Patterns of Resilience during Socioeconomic Crises among Households in Europe (RESCuE): Concept, Objectives and Work. Packages of an EU FP 7 Project
Since 2008, Europe has been shaken by an ongoing crisis. If relevant parts of populations
are exposed to socioeconomic risks, it is a distinctive characteristic of European
political ethics that they must not be left alone, but should be subject to support
and solidarity by budget support policy, economic development policies and
social policy at different levels. But, in analogy with medical and psychological findings,
some parts of the vulnerable population, although experiencing the same living
conditions as others, are developing resilience, which in our context means that they
perform social, economic and cultural practices and habits which protect them from
suffer and harm and support sustainable patterns of coping and adaption. This resilience
to socioeconomic crises at household levels is the focus of the project. It can
consist of identity patterns, knowledge, family or community relations, cultural and
social as well as economic practices, be they formal or informal. Welfare states,
labour markets and economic policies at both macro or meso level form the context
or ‘environment’ of those resilience patterns. For reasons of coping with the crisis
without leaving the common ground of the implicit European social model (or the
unwritten confession to the welfare state) under extremely bad monetary conditions
in many countries, and for reasons of maintaining quality of life and improving social
policy, it is a highly interesting perspective to learn from emergent processes of resilience
development and their preconditions. Thus, the main questions are directed
at understanding patterns and dimensions of resilience at micro-/household level in
different types of European member and neighbour states accounting for regional
varieties, relevant internal and external conditions and resources as well as influences
on these patterns by social, economic or labour market policy as well as legal
regulations
Patterns of resilience during socioeconomic crises among households in Europe (RESCUE):concept, objectives and work packages of an EU FP 7 project
Patterns of Resilience during Socioeconomic Crises among Households in Europe (RESCuE): Concept, Objectives and Work. Packages of an EU FP 7 Project
Since 2008, Europe has been shaken by an ongoing crisis. If relevant parts of populations
are exposed to socioeconomic risks, it is a distinctive characteristic of European
political ethics that they must not be left alone, but should be subject to support
and solidarity by budget support policy, economic development policies and
social policy at different levels. But, in analogy with medical and psychological findings,
some parts of the vulnerable population, although experiencing the same living
conditions as others, are developing resilience, which in our context means that they
perform social, economic and cultural practices and habits which protect them from
suffer and harm and support sustainable patterns of coping and adaption. This resilience
to socioeconomic crises at household levels is the focus of the project. It can
consist of identity patterns, knowledge, family or community relations, cultural and
social as well as economic practices, be they formal or informal. Welfare states,
labour markets and economic policies at both macro or meso level form the context
or ‘environment’ of those resilience patterns. For reasons of coping with the crisis
without leaving the common ground of the implicit European social model (or the
unwritten confession to the welfare state) under extremely bad monetary conditions
in many countries, and for reasons of maintaining quality of life and improving social
policy, it is a highly interesting perspective to learn from emergent processes of resilience
development and their preconditions. Thus, the main questions are directed
at understanding patterns and dimensions of resilience at micro-/household level in
different types of European member and neighbour states accounting for regional
varieties, relevant internal and external conditions and resources as well as influences
on these patterns by social, economic or labour market policy as well as legal
regulations