Mariusz Baranowski

This book analyses the processes of commodification and decommodification which have wrought changes in Polish society since 1945. Examining the case of Poland, this book also explores comparisons to other countries in the Eastern European region. It is the first book to capture long-term social change from the perspective of commodification and decommodification processes. This book will appeal to sociologists, economists, historians, anthropologists and political scientists, especially to students and scholars interested in theoretical economics and economic sociology as well as Central and Eastern Europe.

This book analyses the processes of commodification and decommodification which have wrought changes in Polish society since 1945. Examining the case of Poland, this book also explores comparisons to other countries in the Eastern European region. It is the first book to capture long-term social change from the perspective of commodification and decommodification processes. This book will appeal to sociologists, economists, historians, anthropologists and political scientists, especially to students and scholars interested in theoretical economics and economic sociology as well as Central and Eastern Europe.

This book is devoted to the issue of the German minority in the Opole Voivodeship, which was dealt with in the social, cultural, economic dimension as well as the subjective evaluation of the members of this group. The empirical study's context was determined by the dominant Polish culture within which the German minority functions. The book combines the classical perspective of research on the largest national minority in Poland (the issue of culture and identity) with its dynamic dimension (relations with the social environment, entrepreneurial ethics, civic involvement). As a result of this combination, we obtained a comprehensive picture of self-identification of the German minority representatives, filling a gap in the literature on the subject.