Pokoleniowe uwarunkowania opinii na temat przemian politycznych w Polsce po 1989 roku w świetle danych Polpan 1993-2008

The main aim of the article is to answer the question: to what extent the experiences of Martial Law and Polish Round Table Agreement differentiate the opinions concerning political transformations in Poland after 1989 among two categories of respondents. The first category are the people born between 1958-1962, and another one comprises respondents born between 1966-1970. They were selected in accordance with the assumption that experiencing key political and economic changes during adolescence would substantially influence formulating judgements about observed constitutional changes and opinions on the current situation in the country. The data used in the article comes from four rounds of testing POLPAN performed in the years 1993, 1998, 2003 an 2008. By analyzing the information about the respondents who took part in all four rounds of the research, it was possible to trace the changes in their opinions on political and economic transformations, as well as the determinants of the changes. Presented results confirm the thesis of the differentiation of the opinion on political changes determining life chances and the possibility to realize ambitions.