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Andrzej Rychard is the Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS). As a Professor of Sociology he has been engaged in theoretical and empirical studies on the relations between the state, economy and society, and on social legitimation of the political and economic systems. His main research interests are in the area of institutional sociology of the transition processes in Central and Eastern Europe with an emphasis on the relationship between political and economic institutions and their social implications. He is particularly interested in the social conflicts of interest resulting from the crisis and transformation of centralized political power and the economic system. Professor Rychard is the author and/or co-author of more than 100 scientific publications in Polish, British, Swedish, German and American professional journals, including books and monographs.
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