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Introduction
Areviewofthecontributionsprovidesanindicationofthemostimportantideas
reflectedattheconference.Astarting-pointforthedebatewasChristopherCoker,s
(LondonSchoolofEconomics)paperTeUSandEurope:SameValues,Diferent
Norms.TequestionoftheproximityofEuropeandtheUnitedStateswasoneofthe
crucialissuesalsotouchedonbyotherparticipants.Similarly,ahotlydebatedissue
wastheproblemof“TeAmericanCreedandContemporaryAmericanSociety.”Dur-
ingthissession,researchers,attentionmovedfromthemigrationstudies(Małgorzata
Dziekońska)throughtheissueofethics(MartaKoval)tothepresidentialleadership
debate(BohdanSzklarski).
Americanideologywasalsostudiedandquestioned.Itwascoveredinseveralpanels
underthecommontitleIdeologiaAmericanaorAmericanisminAction.”Someofthe
presenterstouchedontheissueof“TransatlanticEncounters”(DavidA.Jones,Joanna
Waluk,CristerS.Garrett).
Oneofthemostdebatedthemesdealtwithforeignpolicy.Paperswereofatheoreti-
calcharacter,fromthepromotionofdemocracyintheworld(GrzegorzNycz)through
developmentassistance(DominikKopiński),tonormsandvalues(PiotrWaldemar
Pietrzak).OtherparticipantsweredevotedtoresearchingrelationsoftheUnitedStates
withotherpartsoftheworldwithparticularinterestintheinter-Americansphere
(KarolDerwich)andAmericanleadership(MałgorzataZachara)anditslimitations
(RandallW
.Stone,sinauguralpaper).
TequestionofcreatingamodelforU.S.foreignpolicywasalsostudied.Heresome
paperswererelatedtogovernmentalstudies:fromtheSupremeCourt(PawełLaidler)
andfederalism(TomaszWieciech)tofund-raising(RenataNowaczewska).
Oneshouldnotbesurprisedbythefactthattheconferencewasalsodevotedtothe
ideaof“ExceptionalismandDemocracyPromotion.”Anintroductiontothetopicwas
deliveredbyBenjaminP
.Greene,whileotherparticipantsexploredtheissueindetail:
Obama,srhetoricanalysisofPatriciaHart,exceptionalisminsports(KarstenSenkbeil),
andexportofAmericanpopularculture(CristinaStanca-Mustea).
Tesessionon“ContinuityandChange”stimulatedfurtherdiscussion.Hereques-
tionsofAmericanwayoflife(ZinoviaLialiouti),therst-100-days-issue(Krzysztof
Michałek)andtheinfluenceoftheAmericanlawsystemonEasternEurope(Marius
Văcărelu)werestudiedindetail.Also,averyvaluablesessionwastheoneon“School
Reform:ContextandSpecifics”withpapersbyDavidJ.Jackson,GrzegorzMazurkie-
wicz,KathyFarberandWilliamT.Armaline.
Teefectoftheconferenceisreflectedinthecontributionsthatfollowinthisvol-
umeandintherich,interdisciplinarydebateovertheAmericanimpactontheworld,
integrationinPaxAmericanaandpatternsofintegrationinotherpartsoftheworld,
diferentand/orsimilarapproachestochallengestointernationalorder,andlastbut
notleasttheissueofcontinuityandchangeinpolitics.Hereonealsoneedstomention
theever-presentdebateontheAmerican“export”ofvalues:separationofchurchand
state,humanrights,theideaofsovereignty,theruleofseparationofpowers,modern
federalism,democratizationapproaches,Americanism,AmericanStudiesdilemmas,
Americanexceptionalism,uniquenessincontemporaryAmericansociety,andpatterns
inforeignpolicy.