WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A FEMALE CITIZEN IN POLAND? A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE CIVIL ACTIVITY OF WOMEN IN THE PROVINCE OF SILESIA

• Main Author: Justyna Tomczyk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National University of Political Science and Public Administration, Bucharest 2016-06-01
• Series: Romanian Journal of Society and Politics
• Subjects: Civil activity; Women; Political participation; Democracy; Voting
• Online Access: http://rjsp.politice.ro/files/June2016/4_justyna%20tomczyk%202016_57-72.pdf

The current article is a report on the quantitative research of civil activity of women in the Province of Silesia (N = 200). The research technique used here is CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview). The starting point of the proposal is the conceptualization of the term active citizenship and subsequently the identification of specific indicators that will be taken to represent the phenomenon explored (such as political participation, interest in government, law enforcement, altruism and volunteering, trust in people and institutions, and the use of the privileges of direct democracy). The article shows the importance of this project for development of civil society in Poland and the possibility of change that can be achieved in this way.