The Subjective Experience of Joblessness in Poland

Description

This book describes the experience of joblessness and unemployment in contemporary Poland. It does so by combining qualitative and quantitative data from a special project conducted in Poland after the Great Recession and the long-term Polish Panel Survey (POLPAN) to describe the lives of the jobless: women and men currently out of work, the recently re-employed, and housewives. The book uses a class and inequality perspective to investigate how these women and men became jobless, how they look for and find employment, their household and social activities, and their political participation. It contextualizes these experiences with a description of Poland’s economy, labor market and employment policies after the fall of Communism and builds on the active interviewing and social constructionist approaches to explore the complex interviewer-respondent relationship. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: The Experience of Joblessness in Poland (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Economic Context, Labor Market Situation, and Employment Policies (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 13-40 Joblessness Studies Since the 1930s in Poland and Abroad (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 41-55 The Respondents, the Interviewers, and the Interview Situation (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 57-64 Front Matter ....Pages 65-65 How I Lost My Job (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 67-80 Becoming a Housewife (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 81-92 Looking for and Finding a Job (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 93-104 Labor Market Destinations of the Jobless (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 105-123 Front Matter ....Pages 125-125 Irregular Jobs and Housework (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 127-143 Social and Political Activities of Housewives (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 145-156 Social and Political Activities of the Unemployed (Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow, Anna Kiersztyn, Katarzyna Andrejuk, Marta Kołczyńska, Kazimierz M. Slomczynski)....Pages 157-170 Back Matter ....Pages 171-179