{"title":"The Impact of Morally Injurious Events on the Dynamics of Mobilization for Women’s Rights in Poland","authors":"J. Rak","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"Why did the registration of the Gals for Gals name as a trademark and the publication of the Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling stop the largest protest movements for women’s rights in democratic Poland despite unaccomplished goals? What was the source of the 2018 and 2021 demobilization acts and subsequent waves of non-mobilization? Drawing on the theory of moral injury and narrative research methodology, this article aims to account for the determinants of the Gals for Gals’ and the All-Poland Women’s Strike’s demobilization and the lack of mobilization. The main argument is that during the fight for women’s rights, a part of Polish society involved in civic activity experienced two severe traumas. Each of the two waves of mobilization ended in a moral injury development. In both cases, a moral injury involved the loss of trust in self and others. Moreover, in both cases, the moral injuries were so severe that they turned out long-lasting. At the stage of the cognitive dissonance, there were no attempts to resolve it. In other words, activists did nothing to prevent cognitive dissonance from turning into a moral injury. In the first case, it may indicate the organizational and emotional immaturity of activists. In turn, the second case may indicate the weakening of civil society, building Poland’s political culture of withdrawal and submission.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67379840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Women Became the Enemy of Democracy in Poland? The Illiberal Regime’s Response to the Women’ Rights Movement","authors":"Kamila Rezmer-Płotka","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.8","url":null,"abstract":"After the political transformation in Poland, abortion was first regulated by the Law of 7 January 1993, Protection of the Human Fetus and Conditions Permitting Pregnancy Termination. Since then, attempts have been made to change the existing regulation. However, it was in 2016 that there were nationwide protests against changes to abortion provisions, and then in 2020, when the constitutional court ruling limited the possibility of termination of pregnancy in Poland. These protests can be seen in the context of the process of neo-militant democracy rule implementation, that is, the taking over the characteristics of non-democratic regimes by existing democracies under the cover of the regime self-preservation. The aim of this article is to identify and explain the government’s attitude towards women as an enemy of democracy at the institutional level during the two waves of protests. The study shows that during the period considered, restrictions specific to neo-militant democracies in the area of assembly and association, speech and press and restrictions on religious freedom were imposed in order to limit the activity of protesters viewed as enemies of the democratic system.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67380082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cross-border Families and the Movement Constraints Along the Polish-German Borderland During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Maria Giryn-Boudy","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.5","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on the findings of previous research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cross border movement within the European Union and the separation of cross-border families, the study focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cross-border movement of Polish families within the European Union and, more specifically, on the situation of Polish families separated by the borders that remain withing the Schengen Area. The study explores the ways in which Covidfencing has dramatically restricted the free movement of the UE citizens within the Schengen Area, especially between Poland and Germany. Using research methods such as literature review, participating observation and interview, the researcher identifies key factors that has shaped the migration crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic inside the Schengen area and then focuses on examining in greater detail commuting and migration problems of the Polish cross-border families. The research is organised by the hypothesis that has been assumed at the start of the research. The hypothesis argues that the Polish cross-border families have been significantly affected by the crossborder movement restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic within the Schengen area. The findingsof the research indicate the validity of such assumption and the need for further research in this direction.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47388417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ukraine in the Integration Security System","authors":"L. Chekalenko","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.6","url":null,"abstract":"The process of the security system formation in the integrated European space has been continuing for more than seven decades, but its final objective has not been attained yet. The relevance of this topic is the need to study the process of destruction of the established world, the collapse of the system of international relations, lack of understanding and complete disregard by the aggressor of all humanitarian levers in a situation of war and armed confrontation. Every subsequent turn in development of international relations in 20th and 21st centuries and new emerging threats seem to bring countries closer to unity and addressing the security problem, but… \u0000In 2014 Russia, ignoring the principles of the international law, basic treaties with Ukraine, commitments to respect the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, started a war. On 24 February 2022, a new escalation took place when Russia attacked Ukraine without declaring the state of war. What was the reason? The answer could be found in the Ukrainian history that is not a simple one. Russian rulers want to rebuild the Russian empire returning to the borders of the 19th century. This is a threat to Ukraine that is a sovereign European state founded on the bases of European values, peace and international cooperation. \u0000Russia has been trying to eliminate Ukrainian statehood, language, and culture starting from the Kozak times of the 16th century. Thus, this process is at least 500-year old. In the 21st century, Russia attempted to occupy Ukraine by means of the anti-Ukrainian government, but the attempt failed. As a consequence, the Russian president decided to eliminate Ukraine by military means. When the aggression started in 2014, the EU deeply dependent on Russian energy sources, did not react fully to the Russian intervention. Ukraine could not defend its territorial integrity because of the lack of military capacities in the absence of the international military support. But in 2022, the situation is radically different: at the time of Russian invasion, Ukrainian people raise to the defense of their country, and the Ukrainian army thanks to the strong international military and political support continues to defend the existence of the Ukrainian state despite the dominance of the Russian military machine.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67379917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Implementation of Space Policy Rules for Development of the Emerging Geographical Regions. Pace Technology Park in Lubuskie Polish Province-a Case Study","authors":"Waldemar Sługocki","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"The article is devoted to the problems of the growing and developing space sector in Poland, and above all, its impact on building a competitive, knowledge-based economy. The aim of the work was to present the efforts of the regions, focusing on the example of the Lubuskie Voivodeship, aimed at building research, development and implementation infrastructure, thanks to which cooperation is established between the local government at the regional level, the world of science, and enterprises. Thanks to such cooperation, it is possible not only to build real relationships between these environments, and in particular, the result of these interactions will be specific economic cooperation, locating new economic entities in the region, or the formation of new companies operating in the space sector. The main part of the work is a case study which presents the initiative to create a Space Technology Park taken by the local government of the Lubuskie Voivodeship, and carried out jointly with the University of Zielona Góra and Hertz Systems LTD. This is an excellent proof that at the voivodeship level, very important initiatives for the development of the space sector can be undertaken as part of a de facto intraregional regional policy.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67379698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Co dalej z amerykańskim przywództwem? Stany Zjednoczone doświadczone prezydenturą Trumpa i pandemią","authors":"Jadwiga Kiwerska","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"W opracowaniu przedstawiono kondycję Stanów Zjednoczonych doświadczonych pandemią COVID-19 i kontrowersyjną prezydenturą Donalda Trumpa. Starano się odpowiedzieć na pytanie, jak supermocarstwo radziło sobie z bezprecedensowym wyzwaniem i dlaczego w tym starciu USA się nie sprawdziły. Choć analizowano też sytuację wewnętrzną, to jednak uwaga była skoncentrowana na aspekcie zewnętrznym. Główna konkluzja brzmi następująco: starcie z pandemią obnażyło słabość i niekompetencję administracji Trumpa, czego potwierdzeniem było bogate żniwo ofiar śmiertelnych i chorych, jakie zbierał koronawirus w USA. Ekipa Trumpa nie sprawdziła się również na arenie międzynarodowej, rezygnując z tradycyjnej w takich sytuacjach przywódczej roli Ameryki, a wykazując się egoizmem czy małostkowością. Administracja Bidena podjęła próbę odbudowy rangi USA, stając jednak przed trudnym zadaniem. Pierwsze posunięcia nowej ekipy spowodowały nie tylko powrót USA na tradycyjną trajektorię amerykańskiej polityki zagranicznej, gdzie liczą się zasady i standardy, ważna jest wiarygodność i przewidywalność. Proces wzmacniania roli USA zaowocował także odbudową relacji transatlantyckich, stanowiących jeden z filarów siły Ameryki na arenie międzynarodowej. W artykule przyjęto strategię badawczą opartą na śledzeniu wydarzeń, ich ocenie, jakościowym i krytycznym analizowaniu tekstów, prowadzeniu ocen porównawczych.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47075524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) through the lens of four distinct profiles: radical, niche, anti-establishment, and party reputation, 2013–2017","authors":"Bardh Lipa","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.7","url":null,"abstract":"After the 2017 election, the radical right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) became the Bundestag’s third-largest party. While the rise of the AfD drew scholarly interest, most publications analyzing its evolution were published during a period when the party was undergoing transition, the euro-crisis had decreased in prominence, and the party was going through an inner conflict between liberals and radicals. This article seeks to provide a systematic examination of how these developments have impacted the party from 2013 to 2017 and endeavors to answer the question of whether the AfD has become more mainstream by utilizing the framework devised by Akkerman et al. (2016) to assess party transformation along four key dimensions: 1) shifts in radical positions on key issues; 2) shifts from a niche to a socioeconomic-focused party; 3) shifts in the anti-establishment profile; and 4) shifts in party reputation. Through an analysis of internally and externally oriented material such as electoral manifestos, party documentation, published interviews with AfD leaders, and press releases, the article shows that the AfD has not shifted toward the mainstream. Instead, the party became more radical on the first three dimensions while demonstrating signs of mainstreaming on the fourth dimension in order to avoid legal action.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67379677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Zachód w polityce bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy","authors":"Marharyta Blyzniuk","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"W niniejszym artykule autorka dokonuje wszechstronnej analizy prowadzonej przez Ukrainę wobec szeroko pojętego Zachodu polityki bezpieczeństwa. Charakteryzując ukraińską politykę bezpieczeństwa od momentu uzyskania przez państwo niepodległości, zwraca uwagę na warstwę zarówno koncepcyjną (dokumenty strategiczne, deklaracje polityczne), jak i realizacyjną (faktycznie podjęte działania). Rozważania w artykule zawierają w sobie zagadnienia historyczne i komparatystyczne dotyczące charakteru ukraińskiej polityki bezpieczeństwa prowadzonej wobec Zachodu, m.in. wobec Unii Europejskiej, NATO i Stanów Zjednoczonych. Do analizy niniejszej kwestii została wykorzystana jeszcze niezbyt ciesząca się popularnością wśród badaczy teoria realizmu neoklasycznego. Posiada ona dużą moc eksplanacyjną, ponieważ uwzględnia aspekty zewnętrzne, tkwiące w systemie międzynarodowym, jak i wewnętrzne, wynikające z sytuacji w samym państwie. Jako cel tego artykułu wyznaczono poszukiwanie odpowiedzi na następujące pytania: dlaczego, w jaki sposób oraz pod wpływem jakich czynników zmieniała się pozycja Zachodu w polityce bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy? Wskutek przeprowadzonych badań potwierdza się postawiona hipoteza o stopniowym zbliżeniu się państwa ukraińskiego do Zachodu mimo niekonsekwentności w jego polityce bezpieczeństwa oraz niepewności Zachodu co do pogłębiania współpracy z nim.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49217544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Etyka interwencji humanitarnej w świetle realizmu Hansa Morgenthaua. Analiza zaangażowania zbrojnego USA w Libii w 2011 r.","authors":"Mirosław Waleczek","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"Przeprowadzona w 2011 r. interwencja militarna w Libii doprowadziła do obalenia reżimu, jednak w jej następstwie nie doszło do transformacji ustrojowej w kierunku demokracji. Kolejne lata to okres destabilizacji wewnętrznej oraz drugiej wojny domowej. Mając to na uwadze, autor rozważa etyczny aspekt zrealizowanej operacji zbrojnej, skupiając się na polityce zagranicznej USA w obliczu potencjalnego ludobójstwa. Za ramy analityczne przyjęto realizm Hansa Morgenthaua – koncepcję o aspekcie deskryptywnym i normatywnym, która za nadrzędny cel dyplomacji uznaje utrzymanie pokoju. Jest to możliwe, jeśli polityka zagraniczna jest pozbawiona „ducha krucjaty”, kieruje się interesem narodowym, uwzględnia interesy innych państw oraz jest gotowa do osiągania kompromisów. Nawiązując do wskazanych przez Morgenthaua zasad dyplomacji, autor wyciąga wniosek, że decyzja USA o udziale w interwencji militarnej w Libii w 2011 r. była nieroztropna i nieetyczna. Analiza wskazuje również, że konsekwencjalistyczna etyka w wersji zaproponowanej przez Morgenthaua może stanowić użyteczną ramę analityczną pozwalającą ocenić proces decyzyjny poprzedzający udział państwa w interwencji zbrojnej.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67380006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electronic Voting in Opinions and Declarations of Young Lithuanians Aged 19–29 Years. Report on Preliminary Research","authors":"Martinas Malužinas, M. Górny","doi":"10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2022.27.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the article is to present the preliminary results of a survey conducted among Lithuanian students on their opinion about i-voting and the possibility of implementing this alternative voting method in Lithuania. The main aim of the research was to answer the following research questions: What is the attitude of young Lithuanians towards voting via the Internet? What threats, benefits and challenges related to the potential implementation of i-voting in Lithuania are perceived by the surveyed group. The research showed that the respondents believe that the greatest barriers to the introduction of i-voting in Lithuania are: the threat of cybercrime, the possibility of violating the principle of secret voting, the lack of political will, the need to change the law; young voters would be willing to vote via the Internet and this could have a positive impact on the turnout among this group of voters; the complexity of the challenges related to implementing i-voting means that there is no chance of its quick introduction.","PeriodicalId":52588,"journal":{"name":"Przeglad Politologiczny","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48439809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}