Podział społeczno-polityczny w Polsce. Kilka uwag teoretycznych

The purpose of this article is to review the theoretical approaches related to the socio-political divisions. On the one hand, there is a strong tradition of thinking in those terms of the relationship between society, social environments. On the other hand there are approaches pointing to the growing prosperity of these dependencies. The literature also indicates a more complex relationship between society (electorates) and the party system. The article includes an overview of different approaches in terms of their usefulness for empirical research, including research conducted in Poland.