Conference 'From the totalitarianism towards democracy in Central-Eastern Europe: Contributions of Political Psychology to Understanding of Transformation Process' (Warsaw, Poland, 18-20 November 2010
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18-20 November 2010
"From the totalitarianism towards democracy in Central-Eastern Europe:
Contributions of Political Psychology to Understanding of Transformation
Process"
Warsaw, POLAND
The purpose of this conference is to bring together academics from different countries to sum up and discuss the 20 years of system transformation processes in Europe which started early in 1989, in Poland (the Round Table Agreements), and involved Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (the Velvet Revolution), being followed by events in East Germany (The Fall of Berlin Wall), and Romania (revolution ending the Ceausescu regime). In addition, the aim of this meeting for us, the organizers, is to celebrate the 30-th anniversary of establishing the Institute of Psychology at the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The conference will be built around some key questions regarding the processes and results of social change:
• Social capital and life satisfaction (keywords: social capital, life satisfaction, trust, social/political involvement)
• Intergroup and intra-group relations (keywords: stereotyping,
prejudice, social identities, globalization, migration, conflict)
• Collective memory (keywords: historical events, shared knowledge)
• Social exclusion and alienation (keywords: poverty, alienation,
exclusion, marginalization)
• Characteristics of political system (keywords: leadership,
democracy, deliberation, civic engagement, political discourse)
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"From the totalitarianism towards democracy in Central-Eastern Europe:
Contributions of Political Psychology to Understanding of Transformation
Process"
Warsaw, POLAND
The purpose of this conference is to bring together academics from different countries to sum up and discuss the 20 years of system transformation processes in Europe which started early in 1989, in Poland (the Round Table Agreements), and involved Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (the Velvet Revolution), being followed by events in East Germany (The Fall of Berlin Wall), and Romania (revolution ending the Ceausescu regime). In addition, the aim of this meeting for us, the organizers, is to celebrate the 30-th anniversary of establishing the Institute of Psychology at the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The conference will be built around some key questions regarding the processes and results of social change:
• Social capital and life satisfaction (keywords: social capital, life satisfaction, trust, social/political involvement)
• Intergroup and intra-group relations (keywords: stereotyping,
prejudice, social identities, globalization, migration, conflict)
• Collective memory (keywords: historical events, shared knowledge)
• Social exclusion and alienation (keywords: poverty, alienation,
exclusion, marginalization)
• Characteristics of political system (keywords: leadership,
democracy, deliberation, civic engagement, political discourse)
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