{"product_id":"reshaping-polands-community-after-communism-helena-chmielewska-szlajfer-9783319787343","title":"Reshaping Poland's Community After Communism: Ordinary Celebrations","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarnessing a cultural sociological approach to explore transformations in key social spheres in post-1989 Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer illuminates shifts in religiosity, sympathy towards others, and civic activity in post-Communist Poland in the light of Western influence over elements of Polish life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReshaping Poland's Community after Communism \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on three major cases, largely ignored in Polish scholarship: (1) a hugely popular, faux-baroque Catholic shrine, which illustrates new strategies adopted by the Polish Catholic Church to attract believers; (2) Woodstock Station, a widely known free charity music festival, demonstrating new practices of sympathy towards strangers; and (3) the emergence of national internet pro-voting campaigns and small-town watchdog websites, which uncover changes in practical uses of civic engagement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring grass-roots, everyday negotiations of religiosity, charity, and civic engagement in contemporary Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer demonstrates how a country's cultural changes can suggest wider, dramatic democratic transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319787349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319787343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d","brand":"Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519777943807,"sku":"9783319787343","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06e0b4cc-1be2-42fd-9d73-384b0e256983.jpg?v=1778738755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reshaping-polands-community-after-communism-helena-chmielewska-szlajfer-9783319787343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}