Micha? Piotr Pr?gowski received his PhD in sociology from the University of Warsaw, Poland in 2008 and works as an assistant professor at the Warsaw University of Technology. He also is a Fulbright grantee in the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program. Pr?gowski's academic specialties are sociology of norms and values, and human-animal studies. His current research projects include social construction of dogs in the contemporary West, especially their naming and training, as well as social practices of commemorating companion animals. Justyna W?odarczyk received her PhD in American literature from the University of Warsaw, Poland. She currently works as an assistant professor at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland where she teaches courses in literary theory and cultural studies. She is an alumnus of the Fulbright Program. Her current research project concerns the history of discourses of animal training read through a biopolitical framework.
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The collapse of Soviet-era communism in Poland in 1989 ushered in not only democracy and free market capitalism but also a cultural revolution in people's attitudes to, and relations with, Canis familiaris. Free Market Dogs provides a fascinating and nuanced account of what happens to a country when long-standing socioeconomic obstacles to dog keeping are suddenly removed."