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Researchandmethodologicalassumptions
TomaszKubin,MałgorzataLorencka,MałgorzataMyśliwiec
Theglobaleconomiccrisisthatsymbolicallybeganwiththebankruptcyof
theLehmanBrothersbankinSeptember2008,ledtoaseriesofneweconomic,
social,andpoliticalphenomena.Thecrisisencouragedmanyresearchers,rep-
resentingvariousfieldsofscience,tobeginanalysingitsconsequences.Work
devotedtothisissuewasalsopursuedbypoliticalscientists.Oneofthemost
intriguinganddynamicfieldsofresearchconcernscontemporarypoliticalsys-
tems.1Theprocessesthatoccurinthisfieldandwhichareaconsequenceofthe
influenceexertedbythesurroundingenvironmentinwhichtheyfunction,could
notgounnoticed.Thereasonforthisisinthenatureofsystemicanalysisitself.
AsnotedbyAdamJamróz,whoreferencedtheviewpointsofMichaelCrozier
andErhardFrediberginhiswork,“theessenceofsystemicreasoningistreat-
ingagivenphenomenonasastructuredwhole,theelementsofwhichremain
co-dependentandcoordinatedintheirworkings.”2Acharacteristicfeatureof
systemicreasoningisusingapatternof“systemiccausality,”which“assumes
theco-dependencyofconsequencesandcauseswithintheframeworkofagiven
system,thefeaturesofwhich[…]permitustoexplainandforeseetheresults
ofitsactivity.”3Applicationofsystemicanalysisthusobligestheresearcher
todefineatleasttwomatters.Thefirstinvolvesindicationofatleastseveral
1Amoredetailedanalysisoftheliteratureonthesubjectdealingwithchangesinthefunc-
tioningofpoliticalsystemsthatoccurredafterthe2008economiccrisishasbeencarriedoutby
CarolinaPlazaCOLODROinthepublication:“Losefectosdelacrisiseconómicaenlossistemas
políticoseuropeos.”Revistadeestudiospolíticos2015,no.170,pp.3171336.
2A.JAMRóZ:“Wprowadzenie.Strukturaimechanizmfunkcjonowaniaburżuazyjnych
systemówpolitycznych.”In:Systemypolitycznewysokorozwiniętychkrajówkapitalistycznych.
Ed.A.JAMRóZ.Warszawa1989,p.6.
3Ibidem.