Nowe zakresy badań socjologii morskiej w Polsce

Abstract

The article is a part of the maritime territorial communities research project realized in the Institute of Sociology of the University of Szczecin. The purpose of the article is to present theoretical and methodological formulations of maritime sociology in Poland. It is composed of introduction and 4 parts. The first part presents the subject-matter of maritime sociology as a sociological sub-discipline dealing with the description and explanation of various aspects of life of people connected with the sea and the sea region. The second part discusses the connection between maritime sociology and other research disciplines. The third part describes the functions of maritime sociology. The fourth part is devoted to the new lines of maritime sociology research, to which the author includes the problems of: — the sociology of maritime policy; — the sociology of maritime culture; — the sociology of maritime communication, — the sociology of maritime territorial communities.