Sociological Approach to Commodification - The Case of Transforming the Post-Socialist Society in Poland

This book analyses the processes of commodification and decommodification which have wrought changes in Polish society since 1945. Examining the case of Poland, this book also explores comparisons to other countries in the Eastern European region.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I
1. Commodification and decommodification - economic and sociological perspectives
Part II: Transformations in Polish society after 1945 from the perspective of commodification processes
2. Decommodification and commodification processes under real socialism in Poland
3. The first years of the Polish transition from 'real socialism' to 'real capitalism' (and 'real democracy')
4. Basic commodification and decommodification processes in the Polish economy and Polish society since 1989: political and social conditions and consequences
Part III:Commodification of selected areas of social life: universal trends and Polish peculiarities
5. Varieties, conditions, consequences and paradoxes of the commodification of nature
6. The commodification and decommodification of culture
7. The commodification of health care
8. Selected problems concerning the commodification of education and science
9. Whose city is this? The city as an arena of commodification and decommodification processes
Conclusions

About the author

Marek Zio¿kowski is Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznä. His research interest includes sociological theory, sociology of knowledge and social consciousness and transformation of the contemporary Polish society.
Rafä Drozdowski is Professor at the Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznä. His research interest includes political sociology, visual sociology and sociology of everyday life.
Mariusz Baranowski is an adjunct researcher at the Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznä. His research interest includes political and economic sociology, social welfare issues and the critique of neoliberalism.

Product details

• Authors: Mariusz Baranowski, Rafał ozdowski, Marek Drozdowski Ziolkowski, Marek Ziółkowski
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032576381
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257638-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Eastern Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Economic theory and philosophy, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies and movements, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements