THE WORKING POOR IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

• Authors: Stanaszek A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this paper is to depict the population of the working poor in Poland, the EU, the USA and developing countries. The socioeconomic transformations of the last thirty years (e.g. high-tech revolution, globalization, time-space compression) have completely changed and are still changing the labour market. A shift from mass production (Fordism) to flexible specialization (post-Fordism) has caused the erosion of the 'old world of work'. In an era of disorganized capitalism, the work becomes on the one hand more flexible, and on the other less secure. This contributes to greater instability of employment, as well as leads to social disparities and poverty in the labour market.

Keywords

EN

LABOUR MARKET; POVERTY; WORKING POOR

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 143-169
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Stanaszek A.

• A. Stanaszek, Szkola Nauk Spolecznych przy IFiS PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04PLAAAA0009235