YOUNG PEOPLE IN POLAND AND GERMANY – SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE ANALYSIS

Abstract

This paper discusses selected aspects that characterize youth in Poland and Germany taking some selected aspects of the sociological, and comparative analysis. In particular, the following aspects that differentiate young people in the neighbouring countries are presented in the context of transformations occurring in Poland and Germany: family, the perception of school and the role of education, leisure time, including time spent in virtual reality, the perceptions of faith and religion. Which have been placed against the background of the transformation of both societies over the last decades.
On the basis of the data presented, the text is an attempt to describe the reasons for the changes, and ex-plain them in a broader theoretical context.