Open access
TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)
Lech W. ZACHER
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016, Publication date: 12 May 2016
Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.
Open access
METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.
Open access
RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS
Lech W. ZACHER
Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 13 November 2013
Open access
OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)
Lech W. ZACHER
National Cases Augmented
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017, Publication date: 30 November 2017
Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.
Open access
DECISION-MAKING LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ESG EFFECTIVENESS: VALIDATION OF THE NEW SPP SCALE IN PUBLIC AND CORPORATE SECTORS
Monika ZIOBROWSKA
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract This article examines the relationship between the decision-making styles of Management Information Systems (MIS) managers and the perceived effective-ness of ESG implementation, measured with the new SPP (Sustainability Policy Performance) questionnaire. We combine the DPQ-SET5 instrument, grounded [...] Read more.
Open access
PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE CATEGORIES OF THEIR CHILDREN'S PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES - ANALYSIS OF A SELECTED RESEARCH GROUP
Małgorzata KOCHANOWICZ
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Guests Editors of the Issue Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract The article is international in nature, as it raises the issue of new technologies used globally and the personal data of children who are their users. Thus, the publication has universal, cognitive and scientific value. The aim of this publication was to learn about the knowledge of parents of children [...] Read more.
Open access
ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND THE HOUSING AVAILABILITY INDEX BASED ON SELECTED COUNTIES IN POLAND
Jakub SMYK , Tomasz HERUDZIŃSKI
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract In its introductory theoretical section, which serves as a reference to the subject literature, the article examines the relationship between housing conditions and fertility, framing housing as an important element of social, economic, and cul-tural capital. It indicates that access to housing—both [...] Read more.
Open access
REMARKS ON THE NOTION OF GLOCALISATION
Michał R. WĘSIERSKI
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract This article explores the meanings of the term ‘glocalisation’ and issues related to its use. The semantic and pragmatic properties of this term are discussed against the backdrop of certain semiotic and methodological peculiarities of the humanities and social sciences, including the specific features [...] Read more.
Open access
THE CHANGING ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE POLITICAL THINKING AND ACTIONS OF THE POLISH PEOPLE’S PARTY
Radosław KUBICKI
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract Agriculture has always played a significant role in the activities and political ideology of the Polish People’s Party (PSL). However, noticeable changes are occurring in this area. Notably, the current president of the PSL does not come from an agricultural or rural background, which has influenced [...] Read more.
Open access
METROPOLITAN MANAGEMENT OR MANAGEMENT OF DISPERSED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS LOCATED WITH-IN A METROPOLITAN AREA? – SELECTED ASPECTS
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI, Zdzisław SIROJĆ
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract The aim of this article is to characterize and compare metropolitan man-agement and the management of dispersed local government units located within a metropolitan area. The authors present the essence of local government management, the specifics of managing local government units located in metropolitan [...] Read more.
Open access
THE ROLE OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN MANAGING LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Marek KLIMEK
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract This article aims to highlight the specific features and role of local government units (at the municipal, district and voivodeship levels) in the processes of managing local and regional development. The primary research methods employed in this study included content analysis and institutional-legal [...] Read more.
Open access
LOCAL CYBERSECURITY – LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS FACING THE THREATS OF THE DIGITAL ERA
Wojciech MINCEWICZ
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract This article addresses the issue of cybersecurity in local government units in Poland, analyzing the preparedness of local administration to respond to increas-ing cyber threats during 2018–2024. The aim of the study is to identify the main barriers and factors shaping digital resilience at the municipal [...] Read more.
Open access
SYNANTHROPICAL PLANTS – PREFERENCES OF RESIDENTS OF URSYNÓW DISTRICT IN WARSAW CITY– DIRECTIONS OF GREENERY SHAPING
Beata FORNAL-PIENIAK, Damian SOBOLEWSKI, Dagmara STANGIERSKA-MAZURKIEWICZ
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract In the face of climate challenges and progressing urbanization, synanthropic vegetation—plants adapted to human-transformed environments—emerges as a valuable ecological and economic alternative to conventional urban greenery. The use of synanthropic plants in urban spaces offers an alternative to conventional [...] Read more.
Open access
'THE REPORTS OF MY DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED'. CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE HOUSING COOPERATIVES: THE CASE OF POLAND
Sławomir PALICKI, Marek NOWAK, Lucyna BŁAŻEJCZYK-MAJKA
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Redaktorzy Gościnni Numeru Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Abstract Despite predictions of their collapse after the economic reforms of the 1990s, housing cooperatives in Poland have adapted to free market principles. The aim of this article is to show that housing cooperatives might also perform well in a market situation, as an alternative to the domination of the [...] Read more.