The Eastern European and Baltic scope of transformation processes

Authors

  • Tadeusz Popławski Bialystok University of Technology, 45A Wiejska Street, Bialystok 15-351, Poland
  • Tatiana A. Bogush Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, 22 Ažeška Street, Hrodna 230023, Belarus

Keywords:

transformation, social transformation, transformation period, peripheral capitalism, social policy

Abstract

This paper is a way to present the transformation processes, which have been taking place in Eastern Europe and Baltic states since the end of 20th century up to now. It is an attempt to describe the main difficulties, which appear on the way of changes and to find their origins. The main idea is that the process of transformation, which began the same way for all countries, developing and moving through time, acquires its own features and peculiarities, which leads to the formation of a different, dissimilar version of the social structure and economic model.

Author Biographies

  • Tadeusz Popławski, Bialystok University of Technology, 45A Wiejska Street, Bialystok 15-351, Poland

    doctor of science (sociology), full professor; professor at the department of marketing and tourism, faculty of management

  • Tatiana A. Bogush, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, 22 Ažeška Street, Hrodna 230023, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; associate professor at the department of sociology and special sociological disciplines, faculty of history, communication and tourism

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Published

2021-10-07

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No. 3 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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Popławski, T. and Bogush, T.A. 2021. The Eastern European and Baltic scope of transformation processes. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 3 (Oct. 2021), 31–37. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2021-3-31-37.