- Wroclaw, Dolnośląskie, Poland
Mateusz Karolak
University of Wroclaw, Department of Social Sciences, Department Member
- History of Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Discourse Analysis, Film Studies, Precarity, and 9 morePrecarious work, International Employment Relations, Precariousness, Sociology of Work, Agency Structure, Migration Studies, Biographical Methods, Transnational migration, and Precarious employment, young workers, radical unions and employment relations in southern Europeedit
Zapraszamy do nadsyłania tekstów do numeru 3(21)/2016 "Praktyki Teoretycznej ", poświęconego autonomii migracji i granicom oraz ich wzajemnej relacji na gruncie współczesnej postaci kapitalizmu.
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The aim of this paper is to examine individual social remittances in the sphere of employment, against the background of the changing employment patterns and flexibilisation of work. Through an analysis of life stories of post-accession... more
The aim of this paper is to examine individual social remittances in the sphere of employment, against the background of the changing employment patterns and flexibilisation of work. Through an analysis of life stories of post-accession return migrants from the UK to Poland, it investigates the way in which returnees' work experience gathered abroad impacts on their perception of employment standards in general. The revealed differences are understood as 'potential social remittances,' i.e. the discrepancies acknowledged by returnees between the realities experienced during emigration and after their return (in this case to Poland). It is argued that the actualisation of the 'potential social remittances' depends on return migrants' coping strategies as well as on the institutional and structural settings in returnees' home country. The four main distinguished strategies are: re-emigration, activism, adaptation and entrepreneurship.
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Artykuł proponuje krytyczno-realistyczne podejście w badaniach biograficznych jako teoretyczną ramę do badań znaczeń powrotu dla poakcesyjnych migrantów z Wielkiej Brytanii do Polski. W oparciu o wyniki badań empirycznych, subiektywnie... more
Artykuł proponuje krytyczno-realistyczne podejście w badaniach biograficznych jako teoretyczną ramę do badań znaczeń powrotu dla poakcesyjnych migrantów z Wielkiej Brytanii do Polski. W oparciu o wyniki badań empirycznych, subiektywnie rozumiane przyczyny powrotów zostają podzielone ze względu na kierunek powrotu, który opisuje z jednej strony okoliczności wpływające na decyzję o „wyjeździe z” kraju emigracji, z drugiej strony – sytuacje skłaniające do „powrotu do” Polski. Za drugie kryterium podziału przyjęto rodzaj celów, do których doprowadzić ma powrót. W ostatniej części artykułu zaproponowana zostaje typologia znaczeń nadawanych decyzji o powrocie i opisane zostają cztery typy powrotów.
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in: Fedyuk Olena, Paul Stewart (ed.) Inclusion and exclusion in Europe: migration, work and employment perspectives.
in: Fedyuk Olena, Paul Stewart (ed.) Inclusion and exclusion in Europe: migration, work and employment perspectives.
in: Delteil, Violaine, Vassil Kirov (ed.) Labour and Social Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe: Europeanization and Beyond. Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Routledge.
With similarities to other European countries (Byford, 2009; Kretsos, 2011; Vandaele, 2012), trade union membership of young people in Poland remains much lower than in the adult population. It is often explained by the specificity of... more
With similarities to other European countries (Byford, 2009; Kretsos, 2011; Vandaele, 2012), trade union membership of young people in Poland remains much lower than in the adult population. It is often explained by the specificity of union organising tactics, the individualistic attitudes of the youth, as well as the precarious labour market situation of young people who work in the sectors which are less covered by unions (Vandaele, 2012; Gumbrell-McCormick, 2011). The challenge of precarious work is particularly relevant in Poland. Between 1998 and 2012, the share of employees on temporary contracts rose from 4.7 per cent to 27 per cent in the whole economy and to 66 per cent amongst employees younger than 24 years of age (Eurostat LFS). It is estimated that the number of those working solely with civil law contracts in Poland rose from 546,000 in 2010 to 1.35 million in 2012 (GUS, 2014); the term ‘civil law contracts’ refers to work agreements which are not covered by the labour law regulations. It implies that an employer does not need to pay the minimum wage and, in the case of specific tasks contracts, contribute to the pension and health insurance system.
Tłumaczenie wraz z Pawłem Kaczmarskim oraz Krzysztofem Czarneckim / Co-translated into Polish with Paweł Kaczmarski and Krzysztof Czarnecki