Dynamics of Solidarity*

Solidarity Practices in Poland and Their Social Capital Foundations

“…For example, Kolers (2012) notices that solidarity is fundamentally neither sentiment nor attitude but a type of action which is associative and teleological: it means working with others for common political aims. Given the multidimensionality of solidarity and various traditions of its understanding, it is useful to provide an analytical definition of solidarity practice.…”

Significados y alcances de la acción solidaria en jóvenes de Medellín

“…Al respecto, es necesario considerar las apreciaciones de Kolers (2012), quien afirma que la solidaridad es acción con otros, esto es, se ejerce con otros y para otros. La misma estaría, en principio, apalancada por los grupos o colectivos humanos con los cuales se construyen y comparten significados para leer y problematizar el mundo y las relaciones que los actores/sujetos sociales establecen con él; para justificar moral y políticamente sus acciones y para situar sus emprendimientos estratégicos.…”

Socialist Democracy and Solidarity

“…That is possible only after attempts at transparent explorations of difference. 38 At best, solidarity involves careful explorations of differences between individuals or within groups. In the course of those explorations each side must adopt the perspective of the other, trying to understand it, as it were from the inside.…”