Selected theoretical concepts on the transformation of modern societies – from the fall of communism to the era of mobility. Changes in Poland in comparison with other countries of the region

We present a synthesis of selected theoretical concepts concerning social transformations leading to the creation of societies of universal mobility, taking into account the impact of widely understood political and social changes on social phenomena, including crime. Social change is one of the most important research areas in sociology. In sociology, there are two schools of thought for explaining social life. One such viewpoint describes social reality as a constantly changing, dynamic world subject to constant modification and transformation, while the other describes social reality as a world that is disciplined, structured, systematic, ordered, and even compared – using references to the natural sciences – to a living organism. We take the first concept of explaining social life from a dynamic aspect as the basis for the considerations in this book.