Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

Results found: 12

first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last

Search results

help Sort By:

help Limit search:
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
Nowa Krytyka
|
2015
|
vol. 35
131-150
EN
This paper reports the results of a pilot survey conducted among the shipyard workers from Gdansk and Gdynia. The objective of the study was to diagnose the social mobility of those workers. We focused on the mechanisms behind the position change for both the workers and their adult children. Intragenerational mobility was captured by an examination of two moments of shipbuilders professional biographies. The first involved the late 70’s and early 80’s, the second refered to the current class position. At the same time, the contemporary class position of the adult children of the shipyard workers was studied, which allowed us to examine intergenerational mobility as well. Three research questions were answered using the empirical evidence: − Has the class position of shipyard workers changed? In other words; whether they have gone from working class to another great social class (eg. petty bourgeoisie, capitalist class, service class, etc.). − Has the specific intraclass position of workers changed? − Does the class position of children differ from the position of the parents? The terminology used above clearly indicates our interest in class positions. Class can be called a collection of people involved identical positions in the social division of labor and ownership or how Jacek Tittenbrun puts it: “groups of people which differ from each other by the place they occupy in a historically determined system of economic acti-vity (i.e. production, exchange, transport, finance and services)” (Tittenbrun 2011, 188 –189). As noted above, in the first part of the study we describe shipbuilders’ class position in the early 80s and also their current position. Class position of the workers was finally compared to the current class position of their offspring. In this paper the preliminary results are presented. Particular attention is devoted to the changes in the stability of employment. We discuss how the working condition of the shipyard workers changed as well as we compare the stability of employment of parents and children.
Nowa Krytyka
|
2012
|
issue 29
205-227
EN
The aim of this article is to identify the differences between literal - often superficial - using the achievements of Karl Marx and the real potential of the classic theory of socio-economic. The area of its application will be events and processes taking place in the area, generally speaking, the new economy. This literal use the creator’s thought of historical materialism is not indeed the most harmful. There are intellectuals who use the name of Marx as a tool for ideological struggle. For example, accusing supporters of "free software" infatuation with the Communism. So it is Marx's theory and the person falsely useful to all those who contrary to the scientific interpretation of the thoughts the author of "the Capital" treat them as an "element of the practical doctrine". Meanwhile, the legacy of Karl Marx has considerable - in our opinion - the explanatory potential. The current discourse related phenomena such as downloading music or video materials from the Internet is based on legal interpretations of property rights. This state of affairs is obviously not without influence on the shape of the debate from the perspective of sociological reflection on society distorted image created by the legal doctrine. In this text we will try to demonstrate that the scientific description of empirical facts related to intellectual property rights can only benefit from the introduction to the elements drawn from Marx’s theory. A tool to make such an attempt would be a reinterpretation of the major categories in this debate on the basis of - derived primarily from the German philosopher - a category of property.
EN
The aim of the article is critical approach to selected aspects of joint works of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt especially relating to the concept of immaterial labor and the emancipatory role of the multiplicity. Special attention was paid to labor relations in modern conditions of cognitive capitalism. We also discussed the presence of classical Marxist concepts in the work of Italian-American couple.
5
100%
Prakseologia
|
2014
|
issue 155
175-202
EN
Ulrich Beck is a famous German sociologist who has examined the concepts of risk society and the second modernity. Both terms were described by Beck as opposite to industrial society and class society. Recently, Dean Curran has attempted to overcome this opposition, and reconcile hermeneutics of classes and the risk society. This article examines the exchange of arguments between Ulrich Beck and Dean Curran and treats this exchange as a pretext to systematically identify those parts of the theory of risk society that cannot be reconciled with class theory. We examine how Marxian and Weberian theories of classes can effectively explain the phenomenon of second modernity.
Nowa Krytyka
|
2017
|
issue 38
139-155
EN
The goal of the article is to recall main features of socioeconomic reflection of Thorstein Veblen. We assume that Veblen’s observations on the transformations of work, financialization, and monopolization (and even the expansion of intellectual property rights) are still valuable. Veblen is a respected and worshiped classic thinker of social science, but also paradoxically forgotten. Forgotten in the sense that his uncompromising critique of capitalism is often hidden beneath noble labels. This article aims to identify the main plots of Thorstein Veblen’s critical thinking on society and the economy.
Praktyka Teoretyczna
|
2014
|
vol. 12
|
issue 2
143-170
EN
This article is an attempt to identify fiscal and monetary conditions for the implementation of basic income and to consider the expected consequences of the solutions for the world of work. In particular, much attention has been devoted to the latter issue. Considered and critically interpreted the three most important arguments of proponents of basic income: 1) increase in demand for labor (issue of labor supply), 2) strengthening the power of labor relative to capital, 3) the expected recognition of socially useful activities outside the labor market. In summary, attempts to answer the question whether the basic income is a revolutionary postulate.Keywords: work, labor, welfare state, risk
PL
Artykuł jest próbą wskazania warunków fiskalnych i monetarnych wprowadzenia dochodu podstawowego oraz rozważenia spodziewanych konsekwencji tego rozwiązania dla świata pracy. Szczególnie wiele uwagi poświęcono temu drugiemu zagadnieniu. Rozważono i krytycznie zinterpretowano trzy najważniejsze argumenty zwolenników dochodu podstawowego: 1) wzrost popytu na pracę, 2) spodziewaną poprawę pozycji przetargowej pracowników najemnych względem kapitalistów, 3) oczekiwane uznanie czynności użytecznych społecznie, ale nie będące pracą zarobkową. W podsumowaniu podjęto próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie czy postulat dochodu podstawowego jest postulatem rewolucyjnym.
Praktyka Teoretyczna
|
2014
|
vol. 11
|
issue 1
51-174
EN
The article aims to answer the question of whether the widely discussed dissemination of knowledge-based work has the potential to revolutionize modern economic relations. The argument makes reference to three key issues: 1)the number of knowledge workers, 2) their theoretical and actual diversity, and 3) the impact of intellectual property rights on potential changes hiding within the growing importance of knowledge work processes. In conclusion it is argued that any revolutionary change must involve decommodification of the workforce involved in the production of both material and intangible/immaterial goods.
PL
Celem artykułu jest odpowiedź na pytanie czy szeroko dyskutowane rozpowszechnienie pracy opartej na wiedzy ma szansę zrewolucjonizować współczesne stosunki gospodarcze. W argumentacji odniesiono się do trzech kluczowych kwestii: liczebności pracowników wiedzy, ich teoretycznej i faktycznej różnorodności oraz wpływu praw własności intelektualnej na potencjał zmiany kryjący się w rosnącym znaczeniu wiedzy dla procesów pracy. W konkluzji zaprezentowano argumenty zgodnie, z którymi wszelka rewolucyjna zmiana kapitalizmu musi pociągnąć za sobą odtowarowienie siły roboczej zaangażowanej w produkcję dóbr zarówno materialnych jak i niematerialnych.
Polish Sociological Review
|
2020
|
vol. 211
|
issue 3
265-280
EN
The platform economy-a phenomenon attracting public and academic attention alike-is perceived as a tremendous novelty. The Internet and other IT technologies that bring such platforms alive are said to determine their innovative and modern label. This paper argues otherwise. The role of information infrastructure cannot be properly analysed without discovering the content of labour relations behind it. From the perspective of this paper, the latter is similar to the historical putting-out system. The system that arose in the 18th century and whose participants came from the ranks of formally free, home base labour was strikingly congruous with the modern work-on-demand system. The paper analyzes the features of the contemporary gig economy and points out similarities and differences between the historical putting-out system and its digital incarnation. In conclusion, the paper makes some predictions regarding work on platforms.
EN
The main aim of this article is to compare two widely discussed proposals for the reform of the developed welfare state: Unconditional Basic Income and the Job Guarantee. These proposals will be reviewed by taking into account the costs and the financing conditions, the impact on the existing the social security network, the impact on income inequality, the emancipation effect and the political possibilities of implementation. The conclusions highlighted in the summary focus on the differing needs of the core and peripheral countries, and suggest that a small empirical experience of the UBI, its potentially unfavorable macroeconomic impact, and the uncertain emancipation points towards the more convincing proposition of a job guarantee.
PL
Autorzy stawiają sobie za cel porównanie dwóch szeroko dyskutowanych współcześnie propozycji reformy rozwiniętego państwa dobrobytu: bezwarunkowego dochodu podstawowego oraz programu gwarancji zatrudnienia. Propozycje te zostaną rozpatrzone z uwzględnieniem: kosztów i warunków finansowania, oddziaływania na istniejącą siatkę zabezpieczeń socjalnych, wpływu na nierówności dochodowe, efektu emancypacyjnego oraz politycznych możliwości realizacji. We wnioskach wyróżnionych w podsumowaniu autorzy biorą pod uwagę odmienne potrzeby krajów centrum i peryferii, a także sugerują, że niewielkie doświadczenie empiryczne związane z dochodem podstawowym, jego potencjalnie niekorzystny wpływ makroekonomiczny oraz niepewny efekt emancypacyjny czynią bardziej przekonującą propozycję gwarancji zatrudnienia.
EN
This article describes a part of the research project conducted from 2015 by the Sociology of Work Section of the Polish Sociological Association, entitled “Doyens of the Sociology of Work in Poland”. The paper explores the impact of gender on the professional careers of male and female representatives of this sub-discipline in Poland. The authors explore two questions: (1) Are female doyens of the sociology of work in Poland more interested in analysing women’s work? (2) Do the respondents’ biographical narratives indicate gender as a significant factor in shaping their professional and life experience? The analysis is based on the material from twelve in-depth interviews with leading researchers in the field of the sociology of work in Poland, and supplemented with the analysis of the content of their scholarly publications. Based on the feminist perspective, the authors argue that gender is a valid and a relevant factor in the case of the most prominent female representatives of this sub-discipline of sociology.
PL
Artykuł pomyślany jest jako wycinkowa relacja z badania prowadzonego od 2015 roku przez Sekcję Pracy Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego pt. „Nestorzy socjologii pracy”. Niniejsze opracowanie dotyczy eksploracji wpływu płci na kariery zawodowe reprezentantów i reprezentantek rzeczonej subdyscypliny. Autorzy koncentrują się na dwóch pytaniach: 1) Czy wśród badanych „nestorów” socjologii pracy w Polsce można zauważyć większe zainteresowanie analizą pracy kobiet u osób reprezentujących tę płeć; oraz 2) Czy narracje respondentów wskazują na płeć jako znaczący i sugestywny czynnik kształtujący ich doświadczenia zawodowe i biograficzne? Prowadząc analizę, posłużono się materiałem z dwunastu wywiadów pogłębionych z czołowymi badaczami i badaczkami z obszaru socjologii pracy, uzupełnionych o publikacje naukowe badanych. Wychodząc z perspektywy feministycznej, autorzy argumentują, że także wśród najwybitniejszych przedstawicielek subdyscypliny można dostrzec wpływ czynnika, jakim jest płeć kulturowa.
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.