Competitive solidarity and regional development : the case of Poland

doi:10.4324/9781351001809-11

Competitive solidarity and regional development : ...

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title:	Competitive solidarity and regional development : the case of Poland
author:	Domański Bolesław
editor:	Chiocchetti Paolo, Allemand Frédéric
Book title:	Competitiveness and solidarity in the European Union : interdisciplinary perspectives
date of publication:	2019
place of publication : name of publisher:	Abingdon New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
pages:	219-239
ISBN:	978-1-138-54587-8
eISBN:	978-1-351-00180-9 (ebk) 978-1-351-00179-3 (web pdf) 978-1-351-00178-6 (epub) 978-1-351-00177-9 (mobipocket/kindle)
DOI:	10.4324/9781351001809-11
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 238-239
language:	English
Book language:	English
abstract in english:	The relationships between competitiveness and solidarity are especially interesting in Central-Eastern European countries which experienced the transition from state socialism to capitalism. The chapter explores how the enhanced competitiveness of the national economy and higher quality of life in Poland affects economic and social conditions at the regional level. If social justice is primarily understood in terms of reduced social exclusion, it can concluded that the post-socialist development of Poland brought about enhanced competitiveness together with positive social consequences in the previously under-privileged regions, even though the gap between them and metropolitan areas have increased. Thus, competitiveness and solidarity can be seen as mutually reinforcing rather than contradictory at the regional level in this particular historical period. This was largely achieved through overcoming infrastructural and institutional legacies from the pre-socialist and socialist times. Still, there are also evident losers of the development of capitalist economy of Poland since the 1990s on subregional and especially local levels. The remaining areas of social exclusion are reproduced by a complex nexus of demographic, social, economic and institutional structures and mechanisms, partly rooted in the past and partly generated by contemporary global economy.
keywords in polish:	rozwój regionalny, wykluczenie społeczne, konkurencyjność, jakość życia, Polska
keywords in english:	regional development, social exclusion, competitiveness, quality of life, Poland
number of pulisher's sheets:	1,1
affiliation:	Wydział Geografii i Geologii : Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
type:	chapter
subtype:	academic paper