Integracja społeczna: Polak – nie-obywatel

Abstract

This paper concerns some of the major problems of the polish society. These problems are connected with the low level of the social integration. Polish society could be characterize by the weak social ties and the slight local identity. We tried to distinguish two political integration’s perspectives: liberal and conservative. The liberal integration can be understand as a civil society and its values. The conservative integration we identify with the nation and its values. We pointed at some past and present integratable factors like: ideology, religion, consumption. In our research we used some of the recent data from the Social Diagnosis 2007 (ed. J. Czapiński, T. Panek). On the basis of social capital indicator we came to the conclusion we can not talk about civil society in Poland. Poles feel more connected with the abstract nation than the real state and people. We may say: the Pole but not the Citizen.