O przywództwie polonijnym w rzeczywistości globalizacji świata

In this article an argument is presented claiming that the strengthening or abating of emigrant Polish congregations is to a considerable extent due to the political activity of its leaders. It is emphasized that the cultural realm generates the profile of the leader (the leader being defined as participating individual who resolves own problems as well as the problems of the community). In social order, a proper education and the right qualifications have become the fundamental criteria needed for elevation into a new position in the socio-political management of a community. Nowadays one can enumerate two coexisting types of leadership in emigrant Polish congregations. The first type is a model of the leader representing the “old” emigration. A leader who is oriented towards cherishing of traditional forms of life of emigrant Polish congregations. Secondly, there is a model representing the newest wave of emigrants who favor the values of a global civic society which holds national and cultural diversity in high esteem. Careful thought indicates that the vital factors in determining emigrant Polish leadership have traditionally been political ideology and cultural connection, in conjunction with such elements like Catholicism, anarchism, democratic ideas, and the cult of modernity.