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Editors’ Note
The Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy
of Sciences (IRWiR PAN) is an unique academic institution in Poland, because of
its interdisciplinary character and the subject of research. This Institute deals with
complex factors and conditions which determine the development of rural areas
and agricultural sector in Poland and in broader, mostly European, context. The
academic staff of the Institute represents the main academic disciplines and conducts
research on rural development, including its economic, social, demographic and
cultural aspects. Significant part of the results of its studies on rural development
is published in the series of scientific monographs and in the journal (quarterly)
Wieś i Rolnictwo
(Village and Agriculture) issued by IRWiR PAN.
Some monographs and articles published by the Institute are in English,
which is important for dissemination and promotion of the results of our research
programmes and activities of IRWiR PAN. This time we are presenting the issue
of the quarterly
Wieś i Rolnictwo
including 10 articles presenting the outcomes
of studies and analytic narratives on rural development in interdisciplinary and
comparative perspective.
The first four articles are dealing with economic factors, issues and conditions
related to rural development. A paper written by K. Zawalińska, A. Ciechomska
and B. Jendrzejewski presents methodological issues and proposals for modelling
Common Agricultural Policy in the period 2014–2020. The Authors conclude –
among others – that due to growing concern about CAP’s not only economic but
also environmental, social and other impacts, there is a need to combine different
approaches and link different models to grasp those new aspects.
The following two articles are devoted to spatial analysis of rural development.
M. Stanny, A. Rosner and E. Kozdroń analyse spatial distribution of the level and
dynamics of socio-economic development of rural areas in Poland. The paper
prepared by M. Kłodziński and P. Zarębski presents the outcome of their research
on the development of small and medium-size enterprises in rural areas, with special
focus on determinants of spatial differentiation of that type of economic activity.
The authors of those papers stress that the processes of spatial differentiation of
socio-economic development are determined both by tangible and intangible
resources (land, human capital, investment assets and technologies, etc.) available
in a given municipality. Their significance for the development process and the
dynamics of economic systems is changing, especially where there are less significant
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traditional factors of production such as a land in relation to knowledge, technology,
social capital and institutional capital.
The paper written by V.  Krupin is devoted to restructuring of the rural
economy in Ukraine, with special focus on the changes in the structure and output
of Ukrainian agriculture. Ukraine is becoming one of the major players in the
European agriculture, especially in grain and rape production. This country needs
more attention of both politicians as well as researchers interested in agricultural
and rural development.
The following six papers – written by sociologists and an ethnographer – analyse
phenomena and processes taking place in rural areas which are often neglected in
policy debates on rural development. The article written by M. Halamska presents,
in an analytical and comprehensive way, changes in the social structure of rural
population in Poland during post-communist transformation. The Author of
the paper describes important phenomena which occur in rural areas, such as
disagrarianization, proletarianization, deruralization and gentrification. These
developments in the Polish countryside are confronted with similar phenomena
which are visible also in other European countries.
The paper prepared by K. Szafraniec and P. Szymborski focuses on a very
important problem of educational and employment situation of young people in
rural areas. Access to jobs for young people is becoming a major problem for this
group of population and for the development of rural areas. The article is based
on results of a comparative, international study conducted in 9 post-communist
countries in the years 2012–2015.
The next article written by R. Śpiewak could be placed in a relatively new area of
research, which is called “sociology of food”. Śpiewak analyses growing popularity
of food-cooperatives, alternative food networks and other social initiatives aimed
at improving food quality and better food consumption.
S. Michalska presents the results of her study on an important but neglected
area of research focused on domestic violence against women in rural communities.
The data sources include a relatively rich collection of memoirs written by rural
women in past decades in Poland.
The papers by I. Bukraba-Rylska and M. Wieruszewska are dedicated to the
evolution of rural culture, theoretical aspects of research on cultural changes in the
countryside, and importance of rural landscape as a cultural value.
We hope that you will find the papers in this issue of
Wieś i Rolnictwo
interesting
and useful. We are looking forward to your comments and contribution to next
issues of our Journal.
Jerzy Wilkin and Dominika Milczarek-Andrzejewska – Editors
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