Three Decades of Polish Socio-Economic Transformations: Geographical Perspectives

Three Decades of Polish Socio-Economic Transformations

Geographical Perspectives
 
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022
Publisher: Springer
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ISBN13:9783031061073
ISBN10:3031061071
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:578 pages
Size:235x155 mm
Weight:1159 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 19 Illustrations, black & white; 112 Illustrations, color
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This edited volume analyses and discusses the systematisation of Polish socio-economic transformations of the last three decades using selected examples of the most important changes.  1989 marked the onset of the political transformation process in Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The transition involved a shift from a socialist system to a parliamentary democracy and from a command economy to a market one. Due to the deep economic crisis that culminated in 1988 and the peaceful model of change developed and implemented in Poland, the magnitude and manner of implementing various initiatives was unprecedented and had specific implications. This transformation opened Polish society and the Polish economy to the impact of global social and economic changes, triggering successive transformations, often overlapping in terms of their causes and consequences. This publication aims to present the course and effects, in particular territorial, of Poland's socio-economic transformation in the years 1990?2020. The analysis covers the key aspects of this transformation, illustrated with references to the concepts and theories of development, domestic and foreign literature, own empirical research and existing or newly developed model approaches to transformation in the territorial dimension. The book appeals to researchers and student in the fields of geography, spatial management, economics and business, sociology and political sciences, public and private economic research institutes, employees of governmental bodies and corporations, consultants in public administration, journalists and policymakers.

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This edited volume analyses and discusses the systematisation of Polish socio-economic transformations of the last three decades using selected examples of the most important changes.  1989 marked the onset of the political transformation process in Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The transition involved a shift from a socialist system to a parliamentary democracy and from a command economy to a market one. Due to the deep economic crisis that culminated in 1988 and the peaceful model of change developed and implemented in Poland, the magnitude and manner of implementing various initiatives was unprecedented and had specific implications. This transformation opened Polish society and the Polish economy to the impact of global social and economic changes, triggering successive transformations, often overlapping in terms of their causes and consequences. This publication aims to present the course and effects, in particular territorial, of Poland's socio-economic transformation in the years 1990?2020. The analysis covers the key aspects of this transformation, illustrated with references to the concepts and theories of development, domestic and foreign literature, own empirical research and existing or newly developed model approaches to transformation in the territorial dimension. The book appeals to researchers and student in the fields of geography, spatial management, economics and business, sociology and political sciences, public and private economic research institutes, employees of governmental bodies and corporations, consultants in public administration, journalists and policymakers.

Table of Contents:
Introduction.- Part I: The context of Polish post-communist transformation.- Chapter 1. Poland: Economic reforms in extraordinary and normal politics: An insider?s view.- Chapter 2. Regional patterns of transformation and policy responses.- Chapter 3. Geographical and historical background of the transformation: Politics, and society.- Chapter 4. Axes of political rivalry in a territorial pattern: Geography of electoral behaviour.- Chapter 5. Territorial division: Administrative reforms and the look to the future.- Part II: Transformation of society, the economy and environment.- Chapter 6. Dynamic of economic and social development.- Chapter 7. Car market transformation.- Chapter 8. Changes in ownership and production structure of agriculture.- Chapter 9. Tertiarisation of the economy: Restructuring of the service sector.- Chapter 10. Population changes during the demographic transition.- Part III: Transformation of the country's space.- Chapter 11. Changes in the spatial planning system.- Chapter 12. Transformation of the urban and rural System.- Chapter 13 Modernisation of transport infrastructure and changes in spatial accessibility.- Chapter 14. Development of tourism: Growth and evolution of the leisure industry.- Chapter 15. Environmental change and management.- Chapter 16. Landscape and spatial management: Changes, principles and directions of measures.- Part IV: Poland in Europe and in the world.- Chapter 17. Poland's position in the global economy.- Chapter 18 Changes in the spatial and commodity structure of Poland's foreign trade.- Chapter 19. The ins and outs of the labour market.- Chapter 20. EU regional policy and its implications for the development of Polish regions.- Part V: Poland's development in the face of global challenges.- Chapter 21. Spatial-economic prosilience: A signpost framework for Poland.- Chapter 22. Polish cities: The search for development concepts.- Epilogue: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland: The course, effects and challenges.