http://hdl.handle.net/11716/8647 2026-05-01T08:27:51Z 2026-05-01T08:27:51Z Majcherkiewicz, Tatiana http://hdl.handle.net/11716/10468 2021-02-14T15:45:35Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elity administracyjne na Górnym Śląsku w latach 1990–1997 Przyczynek do studium przypadku Majcherkiewicz, Tatiana This article traces the administrative elite of the Upper Silesian region of Poland in the transition period of 1990–1997. In 1990, despite its perceived ineffectiveness, the administrative reform was introduced at the local level, while the two higher levels of district and region were left untouched, on the grounds that simultaneous reform on all three levels might destabilise the state. The article examines the administrative actors of the region, their attitudes, and the shifts in their policies over time, in two types of institutions: the reformed local government, and the regional-level voivodship office headed by the voivode – which remains unreformed, despite the wish for reform of the voivode himself and other members of the regional elite. The local-level reform established communes as elected self-governing units, bringing to an end their subordination to higher levels and leading to an increase in their administrative capacity and efficiency. At the regional level, the article focuses on the impact of two voivodes. The first is the ‘revolutionary’ Wojciech Czech, who proposed radical administrative reforms and wished to renew the Silesian ‘lost values’. The second is his ‘Bourbon’ successor, Ciszak, who wished to continue the socialist status quo in order to maintain the prominent position of the regional elite and the special status of the region built on its heavy industry. The paper also examines various attempts to reform the regional administration, most notably the so-called ‘regional contract’ between Katowice and Warsaw, signed in October 1995. The analysis ends at the time of the national election of 1997. This marked a watershed of the transition period, as the decision to conclude administrative reform at both district and regional levels was taken. The analysis of attitudes is supplemented by an investigation of recruitment patterns, the striking feature of which is the mobilisation of the native Silesian population, resulting in their predominance in the regional elite. This is in striking contrast to the inter-war and socialist periods, when ‘newcomers’ – Poles from other regions – accounted for the majority of the regional elite. Moreover, a radical change of personnel in senior administrative positions took place in the early nineties during the revolutionary period, which probably also had an impact on the radicalism of policies formulated at the time. In contrast, during the next period – restoration – the exchange of personnel was minor. However, people from the old communist regime returned to inner elite positions. Dokument cyfrowy wytworzony, opracowany, opublikowany oraz finansowany w ramach programu "Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki" - modułu "Wsparcie dla bibliotek naukowych" przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w projekcie nr rej. SONB/SP/465103/2020 pt. "Organizacja kolekcji czasopism naukowych w Repozytorium UP wraz z wykonaniem rekordów analitycznych".

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Muszyński, Wojciech http://hdl.handle.net/11716/10467 2021-02-14T15:40:57Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nieświęte sacrum czy sakralizacja profanum? Istota i symbolika galerii handlowych w cywilizacji konsumpcyjnej Muszyński, Wojciech The aim of this article is to show, on the example of shopping centres, the symbolic sphere of consumption, which is characterized by the more and more blurred borderline between the sacred and the profane. The article presents an analysis of shopping malls in a modern city space, in the context of consumptive civilization, in which large-surface shopping centres become one of the most significant venues of the public space. They not only attract people for practical reasons, but also, through shaping the taste of the customers and creating new behavioural patterns, they transform the symbolism and valuation of the city space and time. It is even argued that such places acquire sacred meaning, as the symbolism of gift, sacrifice and feast can be traced in them; the quasi-religious symbols and associations also function as elements of marketing. Regardless of the associated controversy, it may be claimed that modern shopping centres contribute to the creation of a new order. Dokument cyfrowy wytworzony, opracowany, opublikowany oraz finansowany w ramach programu "Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki" - modułu "Wsparcie dla bibliotek naukowych" przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w projekcie nr rej. SONB/SP/465103/2020 pt. "Organizacja kolekcji czasopism naukowych w Repozytorium UP wraz z wykonaniem rekordów analitycznych".

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Hołda, Renata http://hdl.handle.net/11716/10466 2021-02-14T15:35:49Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Czy socjalizm był fajny? Hołda, Renata The problem discussed in this article is “the praise of socialism”, typical of the contemporary culture, combined with the progressing banalization of the problem in the media. Beside the research trend (necessarily adjudicative) of investigating the past, there exists another, which, consciously or not, makes the cruel and complex reality of PRL seem to be “the good times”, a period characterized by adventure and absurd. The author of the article points to some sources of such a situation, identifying them e.g. in the process of folklorization that affects individual biographies of those who advanced socially in the socialist period. Another source of positive judgments of the system is the film production of the era, which is now interpreted differently from the directors’ intentions, and the specificity of the modern popular culture, which focuses on entertainment and sensation. Dokument cyfrowy wytworzony, opracowany, opublikowany oraz finansowany w ramach programu "Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki" - modułu "Wsparcie dla bibliotek naukowych" przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w projekcie nr rej. SONB/SP/465103/2020 pt. "Organizacja kolekcji czasopism naukowych w Repozytorium UP wraz z wykonaniem rekordów analitycznych".

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Andrusiewicz, Anna http://hdl.handle.net/11716/10465 2021-02-14T15:29:59Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Narracja i konwencja gotycka w przekazach reklamowych Andrusiewicz, Anna The present article concerns the relations between the classically understood Gothicism and the modern advertising messages. Gothicism, which used to be an alternative, unpopular and non-commercial niche convention, has been adapted and employed by the mass market. After analysing briefly the basic assumptions of Gothicism, determining its scope of meaning, and showing the transformations it constantly undergoes, the author of the article presents the methods and goals of using the Gothic convention and narration in advertising. Gothicism perfectly fits the post-modern landscape of the contemporary media. Its appearance on the commercial plane, the change of context, or the transmutation it undergoes becomes a manifestation of the post-Gothic convention. However, advertising uses not only the characteristic visual aspect of Gothic, but also the accompanying enormous emotional load. Popularity and widespread application of Gothic elements in advertising is also associated with the evolution in advertising itself, and the emergence of its new types, such as shockvertising or oddvertising. Dokument cyfrowy wytworzony, opracowany, opublikowany oraz finansowany w ramach programu "Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki" - modułu "Wsparcie dla bibliotek naukowych" przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w projekcie nr rej. SONB/SP/465103/2020 pt. "Organizacja kolekcji czasopism naukowych w Repozytorium UP wraz z wykonaniem rekordów analitycznych".

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