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This paper constitutes an analysis of urban movements, marked in the research as alternative groups and civil organisations, in terms of the new politics characteristic of new social movements. In particular it indicates that these movements, ostensibly urban, actually express demands towards the broader social system, delegitimating it in a twofold manner. Firstly, the acceptance of certain general principles in democratic values and rules is coupled with criticism of how the system functions in practice and of the political elites in Poland, via protest, lobbying, and watchdog activities. A separate type of delegitimation embraces organisations among which we may list cooperatives and squats, as well as organisations managing concrete spaces and withdrawing from participation in public life, shutting themselves away within autonomous spaces and realising a different cultural and democratic model. In both of these groups we are thus dealing with a strongly accentuated anti-systemic and anti-capitalist attitude towards the political reality of the period of transformation in Poland. The research delivered confirmation of the overall research hypothesis ad1 The article is based on research conducted within the project Livewhat: ‘Living with Hard Times: How Citizens React to Economic Crises and Their Social and Political Consequences.’ Research was conducted in a team with M. Theiss, E. Zielińska and J. Petelczyk. This publication is based on an article written jointly with M. Theiss: ‘Obywatele w polityce nieinstytucjonalnej. Analiza działań alternatywnych grup i organizacji społecznych w sytuacji kryzysu ekonomicznego’ contained in the collective volume: M. Theiss, A. Kurowska, J. Petelczyk B. Lewenstein. 2017. Obywatel na zielonej wyspie. Polityka społeczna o obywatelstwo społeczne w Polsce w dobie europejskiego kryzysu gospodarczego. Warszawa: IFiS PAN. 50 SOCIETY REGISTER 2020 / VOL. 4., NO. 4 opted in the Lifewhat project, according to which in response to economic crisis civil society responds with the emergence of alternative forms of resilience, not only alleviating the consequences of the crisis but which also, as time passes and the scale of their activities increases, may give rise to a new quality – including in a political sense. The research constitutes a part of the international Lifewhat project. It was conducted on a sample of eighteen purposefully selected civil groups and organisations operating in large cities in Poland, using the method of in-depth interviews.

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URBAN MOVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF THE LEGITIMATION OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY: ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ALTERNATIVE GROUPS AND CIVIL ORGANISATIONS AT A TIME OF EUROPEAN CRISIS