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    Kapitał społeczny w europejskich welfare states
    (Wydawnictwa AGH, 2012) Masłyk, Tomasz
    The crisis of public finances in European countries, makes the idea of the welfare state is exposed to particularly harsh criticism today. It is not limited to emphasize the lack of effectiveness of these institutions. Also emphasizes the negative impact of welfare state institutions to the third sector - reducing the areas of civic activity, and thus, elimination of natural resources to generate social capital. Referring to this problem, the objective of this article is to present the facts - the abundance of social capital at the disposal of citizens representing five types of welfare states: Anglo-Saxon, Continental Conservative, Social Democratic, Post-communist and Southern European. The measurement of social capital was carried out taking into account its three dimensions: trust (individual and institutional), civic activity (bonding and bridging capital) and satisfaction with life (individual and institutional). The empirical analysis is based on data from studies earned out in 2010 under the European Social Survey.
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    O niektórych trendach nordyckiego szkolnictwa wyższego wobec wyzwań współczesnej zmiany społecznej
    (Wydawnictwa AGH, 2011) Musiał, Kazimierz
    Along with changes taking place in the modern Nordic societies there is a change in values that have constituted a foundation of the development of higher education systems in this part of Europe. The author’s intention is to investigate to what extent the traditional values that had evolved within the framework of the peasant and industrial societies have a chance to survive, or have to change, within the knowledge-based post-industrial regime. The paper presents an image of the current societal change and investigates whether we currently witness an evolution or withering away of the traditionally Nordic values in higher education. A particular attention is paid to the changes in the social democratic model of education and research and the emergence of neoliberal elements in it. The changes are illustrated by examples of the transition taking place from industrial to post-industrial society, from collectivism to individualism and from egalitarianism to elitism.