Full Description
This book explores how contemporary societies respond to intensifying uncertainty, shifting power dynamics, and global transformations. In a world marked by war, technological acceleration, climate instability, and social fragmentation, the need to understand evolving threats has become increasingly urgent. The volume offers an interdisciplinary perspective on how crises - both visible and latent - are experienced, interpreted, and managed across different domains of public and private life. With a focus on the intersections of security, resilience, and social change, the book invites readers to reflect on the symbolic and material dimensions of disruption in the 21st century.
Contents
Agnieszka Kampka and Wojciech Mincewicz: Introduction - Eugeniusz Cieślak and George Spencer Terry: Defence Preparedness against Russian Military Aggression. Strategic Challenges for Poland and the Baltic States - Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska: Challenges to Epistemic Rights in the Era of AI: (Re)mediation(s) of Russian-Ukrainian War - Przemysław Wywiał: On the Brink of the Third World War: the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and the Threat of a Global War in Political and Media Narratives - Michał Bukowski: Energy under Fire, Cyber-attacks as a New Battlefield - Aleksander Wasiuta: Building Climate Resilience with Renewable Energy - Piotr Swacha and Renata Putkowska-Smoter: Security and Climate in the Political Parties Manifestos - Grzegorz Kunikowski: Energy Security and Transition in Poland - Spatial Analysis of Energy Infrastructure Vulnerability to Flood Hazards - Wojciech Mincewicz: Paperless Money: How the Disappearance of Cash Is Changing the State and Society - Trend Analysis. Facing the Consequences of Transformation - Janusz Gierszewski and Marek Bednarz: Demographic Challenges in the Context of Aging Societies and Migration: Analysis of Risk Parameters of Selected Countries - Małgorzata Herudzińska and Izabela Podobas: Healthy and Safe Ageing of Seniors in Poland - Challenges Related to Institutional and Informal Care - Joanna Sadłowska-Wrzesińska and Michał Skwierczyński: The Issue of Risk Perception by the Academic Community as a Significant Social and Educational Challenge - Jacek Zieliński and Sylwia Zakrzewska: Administration and Politics - Marcin Kesler, Iga Szymańska, Wiktoria Ługowska, and Oliwia Chomontowska: Fear in the Digital Age: A Focus Group Study on Young People's Responses to Visual Content on Social Media - Wojciech Mincewicz, Filip Marć, Dominika Kliszczak and Zuzanna Pietrucha: Security Challenges in a Changing World: Preliminary Results of a Quantitative Study
