The Subjective Experience of Joblessness in Poland

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 jobles...

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Main Authors: Tomescu-Dubrow, Irina (Author), Dubrow, Joshua Kjerulf (Author), Kiersztyn, Anna (Author), Andrejuk, Katarzyna (Author), Kołczyńska, Marta (Author), Slomczynski, Kazimierz M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Social structure.
Equality.
Labor economics.
Quality of life.
Social Structure.
Labor Economics.
Quality of Life Research.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Background of the Study
  • Chapter 1. The Experience of Joblessness: A Review of the Literature
  • Chapter 2. Joblessness in Poland since 1989: Policies and Economic Situation
  • Chapter 3. The Respondents, The Interviewers and the Interview Situation
  • Part II. Routes into Joblessness
  • Chapter 4. How I Became Unemployed
  • Chapter 5. How I Became a Housewife
  • Part III. Routes Out of Joblessness
  • Chapter 6. Future Jobs
  • Chapter 4. Looking for, and Finding a Job
  • Part IV. Daily Life of the Jobless
  • Chapter 8. Informal Jobs and Life at Home
  • Chapter 9. Social and Political Activities of the Jobless
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Details about the Data and the Fieldwork Methodology
  • Appendix B. The Survey Instrument.

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