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INTRODUCTION
TisvolumeistheresultofthethirdinternationalconferenceTeUnitedStatesandthe
World:fromImitationtoChallengeheldinCracowonMay29–30,2009.Teeventwas
organizedbytheChairofAmericanStudiesattheInstituteofAmericanStudiesand
PolishDiaspora,JagiellonianUniversity.Itwasoneinaseriesofinternationalconfer-
encesorganizedbytheInstitute,eachofwhichhasgatherednumerousresearchers
fromEurope,America,andAsia.Teconferencesreflecttheresearchagendaofthe
ChairofAmericanStudies,whichisnotlimitedtotheUnitedStatesexclusively,but
alsoembracesCanadaandLatinAmerica.Whatisofspecialimportanceisthatthe
presentconferenceaswellastwoearlierones,TeUnitedStatesandEurope:Conflict
versusCollaboration1in2005andU.S.ForeignPolicy:Teory,Mechanisms,Practice2in
2007wereavividsignofendlessinterestin“America,”asawidelyunderstoodconcept.
She,andthecountryoftheUnitedStatesinparticular,inspiresadmiration,irrita-
tion,and,inresearchactivities,raisesvariousquestionsandissuestobestudied.All
threeconferencesthatwehostedmetwithinterestintheacademiccommunity,and
thepapersandcontributionshadacertainexplanatoryimpactonthemainthemes
oftheconferences.
TeconferenceTeUnitedStatesandtheWorld:fromImitationtoChallenge
wasmeanttogatherthoseinterestedinvariousaspectsofthemutualconnections
betweentheUnitedStatesandtheworld.Itconcentratedontheproblemofthe
modelofAmericandemocracy,thepresidentialsystem,Americanpolitics,Ameri-
cansociety,Americancultureandtheworld,sreflectionsaboutthemfromimita-
tiontochallenge.Forthis,therewasaninvitationtoscholarsfrommanyresearch
elds:politicalscience,philosophy,law,culturestudies,economy,andsociology.It
wasaresultofourvisionofAmericanStudiesasaninterdisciplinaryefort.And
so,thankstotherichanddiverseapproachesoftheparticipants,ourvisionturned
outtobetrue.
1
AndrzejMania,PawełLaidler,KatarzynaSpiechlanin,ŁukaszWordliczek.2005.UnitedStatesandEurope.
ConflictversusCollaboration.Kraków:JagiellonianUniversityPress.
2
AndrzejMania,PawełLaidler,ŁukaszWordliczek.2007.U.S.ForeignPolicy:Teory,Mechanisms,Practice.
Kraków:JagiellonianUniversityPress.