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Borderland may be understand in the various ways. Especially important is the conception of the territorially borderland. The article contains its definitions and characteristics in the correlation with the function of border and trans-borderland. The review of research connected with the identity of borderland's man and the influence of the borderland on its inhabitants (borderland "effect") shows its incoherent. Author postulates the program of the further research.

Political activity is a type of social activity displayed by citizens. Observations and research indicate that gender can be a factor which conditions its degree and forms. Apart from biological gen­der, which shapes the societal roles of women and men, additional factors that are supposedly respon­sible for their activities include elements of the system of beliefs (i.e. acknowledged political values, conviction that political activity has an importance, level of satisfaction with democracy as well as individualism and collectivism understood as an element of individual's mentality). The impact of those factors on degree of conventional political activities among women and men is the subject of surveys which were conducted in 2004, 2010, and 2014 on a group of 1048 students from Polish universities. The received results show that differences in political activity between surveyed men and women as well as varying determinants in both groups are slowly fading away. The most important predictors of women's political activity include: conviction of its significance in democracy and (dis)satisfaction with the way it functions.

Political activity is a type of social activity displayed by citizens. Observations and research indicate that gender can be a factor which conditions its degree and forms. Apart from biological gender, which shapes the societal roles of women and men, additional factors that are supposedly responsible for their activities include elements of the system of beliefs (i.e. acknowledged political values, conviction that political activity has an importance, level of satisfaction with democracy as well as individualism and collectivism understood as an element of individual's mentality). The impact of those factors on degree of conventional political activities among women and men is the subject of surveys which were conducted in 2004, 2010, and 2014 on a group of 1048 students from Polish universities. The received results show that differences in political activity between surveyed men and women as well as varying determinants in both groups are slowly fading away. The most important predictors of women's political activity include: conviction of its significance in democracy and (dis)satisfaction with the way it functions. ; Aktywność polityczna jest jednym z rodzajów aktywności społecznej człowieka. Obserwacje i badania wskazują na znaczenie płci jako czynnika decydującego o jej poziomie i formach. Poza płcią biologiczną kształtującą role społeczne kobiet i mężczyzn, dodatkowymi czynnikami potencjalnie odpowiedzialnymi za ich aktywność, są elementy systemu przekonań, czyli uznawane wartości polityczne, przekonanie o wartości aktywności politycznej, poziom zadowolenia z demokracji oraz indywidualizm i kolektywizm traktowany jako element mentalności jednostki. Wpływ tych czynników na poziom kon-wencjonalnej aktywności politycznej kobiet i mężczyzn jest przedmiotem badań kwestionariuszowych przeprowadzonych w roku 2004, 2010 i 2014 na grupie 1048 studentów polskich uczelni. Uzyskane wyniki wskazują na powolne zanikanie różnic w poziomie aktywności politycznej badanych kobiet i mężczyzn oraz zróżnicowane jej uwarunkowania w obu grupach i w zależności od formy aktywności. Najważniejszymi predyktorami aktywności politycznej kobiet są: przekonanie o wadze aktywności w demokracji oraz (nie)zadowolenie z jej funkcjonowania.

Political activity is a type of social activity displayed by citizens. Observations and research indicate that gender can be a factor which conditions its degree and forms. Apart from biological gender, which shapes the societal roles of women and men, additional factors that are supposedly responsible for their activities include elements of the system of beliefs (i.e. acknowledged political values, conviction that political activity has an importance, level of satisfaction with democracy, as well as individualism and collectivism understood as an element of individual's mentality). The impact of those factors on the degree of unconventional political activities among women and men is the subject of surveys which were conducted in 2004, 2010, and 2014 on a group of 1048 students from Polish universities. The received results show that differences in political activity between surveyed men and women, as well as varying determinants in both groups, are slowly fading away. The most important predictors of women's political activity include: conviction of its significance in democracy, and (dis)satisfaction with the way it functions.

The desires to live in another country or to emigrate from one's country of origin was examined in a sample of 3200 university students from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and Slovenia. All of these countries have been experiencing economic difficulties during their transition from socialist to market-driven economies. It was hypothesized that students who wanted to emigrate would score higher in Achievement and Power Motivation and would also show higher levels of Work Centrality and lower levels of Family Centrality than those who wanted to stay in their country of origin. Motive predictors were further expected to be most important for those with high Work Centrality. As predicted, high Work Centrality and low Family Centrality were found to differ for those who wanted to leave as compared to those who wished to remain in their country. The predicted interactions for motivation and Work Centrality were supported. Achievement Motive levels alone did not relate to emigration desires, but Power Motivation did differ for the two groups, as predicted.