Nierówności społeczne i ich dziedziczenie jako problem strukturalny i polityczny

Abstract

Social inequalities and their inheritance as a structural and political problem. The aim of this paper is to explore the topic of intergenerational inheritance of inequalities and its presence in political debate. The first section examines the transmission of inequality as a structural feature of contemporary societies, summarizing briefly the sociological research in the field. Next, it is discussed how this issue is approached by political ideologies. In the last part of the paper, the author presents the main conclusions drawn from his own research on the Polish political discourse concerning social inequality and its reproduction.