The study critically discusses the thesis on the sociological vacuum formulated by Stefan Nowak. The author presents the sociological vacuum in the context of the debate on micro and macro levels. He studies the uses of the sociological vacuum in explaining such phenomena as the Solidarnosc social movement, civil society, social capital, democracy.

Autorentext

Miköaj Pawlak is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation at the University of Warsaw and Vice-President of the Polish Sociological Association. His research interests concern new institutionalism, the labor market, migration, and the sociology of knowledge.

Inhalt

Agency - Civil society - Democracy - Individual - Society - Micro-macro debate - Social action - Social capital - Social movement - Social network analysis - Social structure - Sociological theory - Sociological vacuum - Solidarnosc - Stefan Nowak - Strength of weak ties - Theory of fields