Solidarity Practices in Poland and Their Social Capital Foundations

European Transnational Solidarity: Citizenship in Action?

“…Financial hardships of the household are associated with transnational solidarity as well, which highlights that exposure to deprivations and degradations seem to encourage citizens to get active on behalf of others. Higher cultural capital seems to be more important than economic wealth, as was corroborated by other studies (Fernandez, 2018;Kiess, Lahusen, & Zschache, 2018;Kurowska & Theiss, 2018). Additionally, our findings show that the need of respondents to rely on welfare services and social workers-even among the more privileged classes-promotes readiness to act in support of other Europeans.…”

Collective Intelligence in Polish-Ukrainian Internet Projects. Debate Models and Research Methods

“…Limited social activity was, to a certain degree, caused by the earlier compulsory aspect of membership in formal associations, additionally influenced by significant disappointment with the consequences of the transformation. This situation was more visible in Ukraine [18,19], but also observed in Poland [17,20]. However, the dynamic socio-political situation of recent years has created new conditions.…”

“…Due to the increasing coexistence of people of different ethnicities and lifestyles, new types of relationships and new levels of cooperation are created; people interact with each other, interdependently building their relationships, identities, and common interests. The increase in cooperation opportunities for diverse groups living side by side can therefore lead to an increase in their bridging social capital [20][21][22]. A new participative model of social life based on internet projects, with a relatively low entry barrier, space for creativity, and the widespread use of ICT technologies, can provide the new ways of debating civic engagement, and collective action.…”

Remaking Communities and Adult Learning

“…If we specify that this means more than one million people, the task seems -978-90-04-51803-2 Downloaded from Brill.com07/25/2022 02:35:47AM via free access a veritable mission impossible. The point is that the idea entertained here is one of mass engagement in a society whose social capital is ranked among Europe's lowest and where mutual trust levels are dismally low (Kurowska & Theiss, 2018;Markowska-Przybyła & Ramsey, 2016). Given this, the actions of XR Poland activists are preceded by educational campaigns, the establishment of local sections, the effective management of the social media of local XR groups, the use of internal communication platforms and the solid planning of civil disobedience events.…”