Socio-Economic Costs of Systemic Transformation in Ukraine in the Lens of the Biographical Experiences of Ukrainian Female Migrants to Poland

• Authors: Anna Dolińska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to discuss the socio-economic costs of the post 1990 transformation process in Ukraine resulting in the chronic feeling of discontent with one’s life, which results in the individuals and whole families’ decisions to migrate. I analyse the factors which account for the individuals’ subjective perceptions of their life situations and how they manifest themselves in the biographical experiences of the Ukrainian female migrants to Poland after 1989.

Keywords

EN

Migration from Ukraine; Poland; Transformation; Quality of Life

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Qualitative Sociology Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 140-160

Dates

published

2019-11-07

Contributors

author

Anna Dolińska

• University of Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-3071

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1733-8077.15.4.07