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Prekarianizm w Polsce – skala zjawiska, skutki i perspektywy

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Jarecki W.

Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym

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2014

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vol. 17

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issue 3

53-64

PL

The precariat is a notion and a phenomenon that has drawn special attention of economists since the turn of 20th and 21st centuries. The article is based on the assumption that the precariat involves unwanted and long-term insecurity and uncertainty, a highly changeable situation on the labour market and many other negative consequences. The paper advances the thesis according to which the phenomenon in ques-tion will escalate and be experienced by a growing number of people who have reached pre-retirement age and are no longer mobile in occupational terms. The article is aimed at presenting reasons of possible growth of the problem under discussion, as well as the consequences faced by people who deal with it. Last but not least, potential ways of fighting precarity will be discussed. The analysis will be based on the literature on the subject, data derived from Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS) and Eurostat, as well as research con-ducted by the author.

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Constructing Relationships Between the Work and Private Life on the Basis of Narratives of Young Poles Experiencing Precariousness

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Andrejczuk M., Burski J.

Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology

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2017

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vol. 8

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issue 15

51-67

EN

At the centre of our interest is the construction of relationship between the work and the private life, based on empirical material from the PREWORK research project, devoted to the experiences of young Poles on the labour market. The main thesis of the paper is that within the context of the construction of relationships between the work and the private life of young Poles suffering from the construction of relationships between the work and the private life of young Poles suffering from precarious situation, the sphere of work is dominating the sphere of private life. The private life, in turn, just as professional career, is subject to secondary precarisation. On the basis of selected empirical cases (autobiographical narrative interviews using the method developed by Fritz Schütze) we analyze the ways in which the relationships between the work and the private life are presented in biographical materials. We place main emphasis on relationships between those two spheres as part of deepening or mitigation of precariousness which is treated as a potential source of trajectory, in the sense given to the latter term by Fritz Schütze.

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'Precariat Contemporary Face of Labour Relations

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Polkowska D.

Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology

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2016

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vol. 7

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issue 13

27-43

EN

Precariat refers to a situation where people are forced to make a living out of work which is low- quality, insecure, temporary, low-paid, with little or no promise of promotion, without social insurance, and often off-the-books. The concept of precariat goes beyond the form of employment and encapsulates several factors that determine whether a particular job/form of employment exposes an employee to instability of employment, lack of union protection (protection of interests), or social and economic insensitivity. The article aims, in the first place, to answer the question of whether precariat is a global phenomenon. Does it look the same in the rich North and poor South? Is it justified to view it as a structural characteristic of contemporary labour? To address the problem, the classification proposed by Rodgers and Rodgers (1989) and revised by Duell (2004) is employed.

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Pauperisation of Employees in the Domestic Labour Market

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Muster R.

Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology

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2016

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vol. 7

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issue 13

43-53

EN

The goal of the paper is to show the problem of workers' pauperisation on contemporary labour market in Poland while comparing selected aspects of this phenomenon with the situation on the European Union labour market. Results of European research (EU-SILC survey) concerning the living conditions of the population were used for this purpose It appears that the highest rates of risk of poverty among working population aged 18-64 are reported in Romania, Greece and Spain. On the other hand, this phenomenon is observed in the least degree in the Czech Republic, Finland and Belgium. In Poland, the share of in-work population at risk of poverty in 2014 was on the level of 10.7%, and was slightly higher than EU-mean that reached 9.6%. Results of empirical data generally show similar determinants that affect higher probability of occurrence of the problem both on national, as well as on the European Union labour market, including low level of worker's education, provision of work based on flexible contracts, short job seniority and low labour intensity in household.

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Employment Precarisation in the Contemporary Economy

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Kalinowski S.

Ekonomista

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2019

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issue 1

73-92

PL

Autor omawia problem niepewności pracy w perspektywie uberyzacji gospodarki. Artykuł stanowi przyczynek do dyskusji na tematy niezmiernie aktualne, takie jak rosnąca niepewność pracy i coraz większa obecność nietypowych, substandardowych form zatrudnienia. Zwrócono w nim uwagę na niebezpieczeństwo coraz większej liczby etatów substandardowych. Podkreślono, że rosnące znaczenie niepewnych form zatrudnienia, w połączeniu z relatywnie niższą konkurencyjnością jednostek wykonujących pracę tego rodzaju sprzyja coraz większemu dysparytetowi dochodów i wydatków oraz rozszerza egzemplarz niu się zakresu wykluczenia społecznego. Podstawowym celem artykułu było wskazanie na zmiany zachodzące na rynku pracy, w tym rosnącą niepewność zatrudnienia. Artykuł omawia również wyzwania i zagrożenia wynikające z uberyzacji gospodarki i coraz większej liczby prekaryjnych miejsc pracy.

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The issue of employment insecurity in the perspective of economy uberisation was discussed in the paper. The paper is a contribution to discussion on growing employment insecurity and atypical, substandard forms of employment. It was underlined that growing importance of insecure employment forms, coupled with relatively lower competitiveness of individuals performing this kind of work, lead to a higher income and expenditure disparity and a rising scope of social exclusion. The basic aim of the paper was to indicate the changes occurring on the labour market, including increasing insecurity of employment. The paper defines challenges and threats resulting from uberisation of the economy and increasing employment precariousness.

RU

Автор обсуждает проблему нестабильности трудоустройства в перспективе уберизации экономики. Эта статья – голос в дискуссии на исключительно важные темы, такие как растущая нестабильность трудоустройства и все большее распространение нетипичных, субстандартных форм занятости. Автор говорит об опасности все большего количества субстандартных условий трудоустройства. Было также подчеркнуто, что растущее значение нестабильных форм занятости при одновременной более низкой конкурентоспособностью единиц, выполняющих такого рода работу, способствует все большему диспаритету доходов и расходов, а также расширению диапазона социальной маргинализации. Основная цель статьи – указать на изменения, происходящие на рынке труда, в том числе на растущую неуверенность работников относительно занятости. В статье обсуждаются также вызовы и угрозы, вытекающие из уберизации экономики и все большего количества прекариатных рабочих мест.

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We’re in this Together: Framing Contest over the Precariat in the Third Sector in Poland

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Palęcka A., Płucienniczak P. P.

Polish Sociological Review

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2020

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vol. 212

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issue 4

461-476

EN

The article is a study of collective action frames created during the union organizing campaign of the precariat in Polish non-governmental organizations. NGOs are paradigm precarious working environments with a great share of atypical employment relations, voluntary work and blurred work-life boundaries. Trade union used the frame of the precariat to reach workers of such organizations but during framing contest NGO managers intercepted the frame. Despite their power advantage within organizations, managers’ working conditions were precarious, too. Dynamics of the case shows dangers of using extended frames, such as the precariat, in organizing precarious sectors. The very concept of the precariat obscures conflict and power inequalities within organizations.

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The phenomenon of the precariat in the Polish labour market during Poland’s membership in the European Union

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Cymbranowicz K.

Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym

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2017

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vol. 20

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issue 8

137-151

EN

Studies of the scale of unemployment in Poland and in Europe conducted in recent years lead to the conclusion that one of the largest and growing problems of the modern labour market is the unemployment rate among young people. An unfavourable phenomenon related to this issue, which is increasingly often appearing in public debate, is the rising unemployment of graduates. Therefore, it is important to attempt to identify related phenomena in today’s job market, and one of such phenomena is the emergence of a new type of employee in the labour market, a member of the precarious class. The analysis aims to present the origins, nature and scale of the precariat phenomenon in Poland. The issue is described from the perspective of the labour market position of a selected social group, i.e. young people entering the labour market after finishing their education. The study attempted to identify factors that affect this phenomenon and the characteristics confirming the sense of its separateness in the labour market.

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25 YEARS AFTER THE COMMUNISM IN EUROPE: PHENOMENA, PROBLEMS AND TEORETICAL EXPLANATION: From “Solidarity” to precarious work. Transformation of the Labour Market in Poland 1989–2014

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Sznajderski T.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

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2016

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vol. 17(1)

17-25

EN

The article describes the changes in the Polish labour market within the last 25 years. Theyear 1989 closed the post-war period of the communist centrally-regulated labour market,which had been based on permanent obligatory employment for the leading workingclass. Neoliberalism and globalisation have created a flexible labour market in all Europeincluding Poland, resulting in developing a negative phenomenon of precarious work.

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25 LAT PO KOMUNIZMIE W EUROPIE: ZJAWISKA, PROBLEMY I TEORETYCZNE WYJAŚNIENIA: From “Solidarity” to precarious work. Transformation of the Labour Market in Poland 1989–2014

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Sznajderski T.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

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2016

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vol. 17(1)

17-25

PL

The article describes the changes in the Polish labour market within the last 25 years. Theyear 1989 closed the post-war period of the communist centrally-regulated labour market,which had been based on permanent obligatory employment for the leading workingclass. Neoliberalism and globalisation have created a flexible labour market in all Europeincluding Poland, resulting in developing a negative phenomenon of precarious work.

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Koszt polskiej płacy minimalnej i propozycja dochodu podstawowego

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Golec A.

Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Politologica

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2020

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issue 24

67-77

EN

The increase of the Polish minimum pay can be considered in different contexts. From the perspective of various industries it is quite cheap. From the perspective of the employees concerned, it turns into a sense of security and greater satisfaction with the payment received. From the perspective of the precariat, the minimum pay is an opportunity to get rid of uncertainty. What is more, the minimum pay is also associated with other ideas, such as basic income, maximum pay or unification of the minimum pay across the European Union. Appropriate combination and introduction of these ideas may lead to a decrease in the number of precariates and to increased satisfaction with the work amongst Poles. These considerations may be the beginning of a discussion on introducing the basic income.

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Prekariat – nowe zjawisko na rynku pracy w Polsce

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Cymbranowicz K., Cracow University of Economics, cymbrank@uek.krakow.pl

Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym

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2016

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vol. 19

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issue 2

EN

Studies of the scale of unemployment in Poland and in Europe conducted in recent years lead to the conclusion that one of the largest and growing problems of the modern labour market is the unemployment rate among young people. An unfavourable phenomenon related to the problem that is increasingly appearing in public debate is the rising unemployment of graduates. Therefore, it is important to attempt to identify the phenomena in today's job market and one of them is the formation of a new type of employee on the labour market, the member of the precarious class. The analysis aims to present the origins, nature and scale of the precariat phenomenon in Poland. The problem is described from the perspective of the labour market position of a selected social group, i.e. young people entering the labour market after finishing their education. The study attempted to identify factors that affect this phenomenon and the characteristics confirming the sense of its separation on the labour market.

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A New Social Class: From Proletariat to Precariat

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Toshchenko Z.

Przegląd Narodowościowy – Review of Nationalities

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2018

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vol. 8

39-51

EN

The article deals with the emergence of a new social class, precariat, explains the causes that brought it into being, its structure and key characteristics. It traces the maturing of the idea of precariat in scientific thought, in world and Russian social practice. The main features of this class are revealed and a comparison is made with other social groups. The article reveals the specificities of this class, its place and role in contemporary divisionof labour, its position in the labour market and the first sprouts of its self-awarenessas “a class for itself.” The consequences of the existence and functioning of the precariat are discussed.

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ASYSTENCI RODZINY ZATRUDNIENI NA UMOWĘ ZLECENIA JAKO PREKARIUSZE – ZAGROŻENIA DLA PROFESJONALIZACJI NOWEGO ZAWODU

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Krasiejko I.

Polityka Społeczna

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2016

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vol. 43

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issue 1(502)

19-27

EN

Family assistant is a new form of social service functioning as part of family support system. An assistant works with families for limited amount of time, not only to help them in solving their problems, but also to make them self-reliant in overcoming future hardships, especially those concerning children care and upbringing. A family assistant’s work can be performed under a services agreement governed by specific regulations. Some of the workers employed under flexible forms of work are content with the possibilities it offers. They combine services agreement with fulltime employment, education, taking care of a child or an elderly person. However, a large group of people are dissatisfied with their current working conditions. Unfortunately, family assistants often belong to the latter group. They possess the factual competences required to perform their work, and chose employment under services agreement because they had no alternatives. They have to face negative consequences of working under a civil law contract. This article present the family assistants’ working conditions and resulting consequences for workers and beneficiaries, and family assistant’s occupation professionalization. Keywords: family assistant, flexible forms of work, precariat

PL

W systemie pomocy rodzinie funkcjonuje nowa służba społeczna nazwana asystentem rodziny. Asystent pracuje jedynie przez pewien czas z rodziną, nie tylko żeby pomóc rozwiązać jej problemy, ale aby w przyszłości samodzielnie potrafiła pokonywać trudności życiowe, zwłaszcza dotyczące opieki i wychowania dzieci. Praca asystenta rodziny może być wykonywana w ramach umowy o świadczenie usług, do której stosuje się przepisy dotyczące zlecenia. Istnieje grupa pracowników zatrudnionych w ramach elastycznych form zatrudnienia, która jest zadowolona z takiej możliwości organizowania pracy. Członkowie tej grupy łączą pracę na umowę o świadczenie usług z pracą na etacie, edukacją, opieką nad dziećmi lub seniorami. Jednak obok tej grupy mamy do czynienia z bardzo licznym gronem osób, które nie są zadowolone z aktualnych warunków pracy. Niestety, do tej grupy osób należą również asystenci rodziny. Mają kompetencje merytoryczne do wykonywania zawodu, a podjęły się pracy na zlecenie z braku innych możliwości. Borykają się z negatywnymi konsekwencjami zatrudnienia na umowę cywilnoprawną. W niniejszym artykule zaprezentowane zostały warunki pracy tych asystentów oraz wynikające z nich konsekwencje dla pracowników, beneficjentów i profesjonalizacji zawodu asystenta rodziny.

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Wspólny pokój. O praktyce kuratorskiej

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Berendt Z., Majewska A.

Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna

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2022

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issue 168

98-133

EN

The authors of the article attempt to expand the discourse on curatorial practices in the field of performing arts by introducing the notion of shared room. By making reference to their own experience in curating, they create a metaphor which serves both as a tool for describing the precarious position of curators and for designing alternative strategies of doing this work based on the ideas of solidarity, relationality and sharing. In the first part the authors present their understanding of curatorial practice situating it in the context of those definitions of curating that they recognise as dominating in the Polish context. The second part of the article deals with four aspects of the shared room metaphor: its relational ontology; the precarious condition of its inhabitants; the strategies of sharing employed in it; and the reproductive work done in it and understood as creative practice.

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New wine in old bottles or old wine in new bottles?

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Tittenbrun J.

Studia Krytyczne/ Critical Studies

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2015

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issue 1

18-46

EN

The present paper offers a critical analysis of what its authors call a new approach to social class. The analytical framework concerned is based on a large BBC-sponsored Internet survey and co-coauthored by a team of researchers led by Mike Savage. In theoretical terms, the most relevant observation to be made regarding the appproach under examination is its total dependence upon Pierre Bourdieu's concepts and ideas. This concerns first of all his theory of multiple 'capitals', two of which, e.e. social and cultural have been singled out by the exponents of the framework analysed in the paper as the building blocks of their own class theory. In other publications of the present author it has been shown that the purported Bourdesian 'capitals' are not any capitals at all, that they constitute misnomers, or even oxymorons. The consequences of this theoretical misunderstanding, to say the least, are as devastating in the case of Savage et al. as in the case of French thinker. The typology of social classes built upon such shaky grounds is found wanting in many respects; inter alia, such concepts as the middle class and the precariat are being criticised in more detail. Overall, the authors' shameless self-adevertising campaign, their analytic framework contains scarcely any new insights or ideas and mirrors other people's errors and failings instead.

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Social responsibility of organization towards new and radical market actors

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Dereń A. M., Skonieczny J.

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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2017

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issue 464

20-30

EN

The purpose of the article is an attempt to outline the problems related to the participation of new and radical social communities in the market game, such as: Internet communities, members of the precariat, refugees, immigrants and terrorists. These communities have not been the object of thorough research and analysis related to the theory of management yet. Most of the radical market actors were developed in a spontaneous manner or as a result of globalization processes taking place in the contemporary world. This is a specific challenge for organizations, especially for those which implement a strategy based on social responsibility. Our recommendation includes social communication and co-existence as the basis and framework for an organization which is socially responsible. These are frameworks making it possible to shape an individual business ecosystem in which it is necessary to establish specific relations even with the most radical actors of the contemporary market.

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Immigrants, Precarious Workforce as a Structural Necessity of Modern Global Capitalism

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Rąb Ł.

Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education

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2016

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issue 6

68-75

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This article focuses on the socio-economic aspects of migration and migrants – economic refugees. The author presents the migrants as a precarious workforce, which is an indispensable part of modern global capitalism. In this article, the author points out that among the many factors influencing migration, the economic ones play the most crucial role. Forces released by the neo-liberal paradigm led to the global economic and social tensions. This is due to the fact that the market has become the only regulator of economic and social relations. This article is not another critique of neo-liberal doctrine, advocating for replacing capitalism by “something else.” The author believes, similarly to John Gray, that what we need is a consensus between the states on different models of capitalism, as there are different cultures.

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Prekariat – narastające zagrożenia dla bezpieczeństwa socjalnego?

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Jagusiak B., Leszczyńska I.

Studia Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa

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2017

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issue 3

9-29

PL

Coraz większą wagę przykłada się do badań poświęconych szeroko rozumianemu bezpieczeństwu. Najogólniejsza definicja ujmuje bezpieczeństwo jako egzystencjonalną, pierwotną potrzebę człowieka, grupy ludzi oraz państwa. Węższym zagadnieniem jest bezpieczeństwo socjalne, które zostanie omówione w artykule. Autorzy artykułu postarają się przybliżyć problematykę związaną z występowaniem zjawiska prekariatu we współczesnym świecie oraz to, jak ono wpływa na bezpieczeństwo socjalne ludzi i dlaczego może okazać się niebezpiecznym zjawiskiem.

EN

We observe more attention given to the topic of widely understood topic of safety. The most general definition of safety reveals it as an existential, brief need of mankind, group of people or state. The social safety is narrower topic, which will be further discussed. The authors of this article will further discuss and broaden the topic of precariat in the modern world. They will asses the influence of precariat on social security of people and make an attempt to explain the risk of occurrence of that phenomenon.

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Prekariat i dziewczyna. Fetyszyzm towarowy i emancypacja dziś

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Majewska E.

Praktyka Teoretyczna

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2015

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vol. 15

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issue 1

218-241

EN

This article discusses the widely praised notion of precariat. While demonstrating the weaknesses of its theoretical assessments offered by such authors, as: Kathi Weeks, Guy Standing, Jan Sowa or Antonio Negri, I try to reinstall diversity that lays at the core of this category. It is, as I argue, crucial for making emancipation possible, to make the “girl” function as something more than a simple neoliberal icon of conformist consumption.

PL

Artykuł podejmuje feministyczną dyskusję z obficie ostatnio analizowaną kategorią prekariatu. Wskazując słabości koncepcji takich autorów i autorek, jak Kathi Weeks, Guy Standing, Jan Sowa czy Antonio Negri, staram się przywrócić kategorii prekariatu charakterystyczną dlań różnorodność. Jest ona, jak dowodzę, konieczna do tego, by emancypacyjne działania były w ogóle możliwe, by tytułowa „dziewczyna” nie funkcjonowała wyłącznie jako neoliberalna ikona konformistycznej konsumpcji.

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Dlaczego trzeba wprowadzić bezwarunkowy dochód podstawowy? Recenzja z książki Guya Standinga “Basic Income: And How Can We Make It Happen”

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Ratajczak M.

Praktyka Teoretyczna

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2017

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vol. 24

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issue 2

167-178

EN

A review of Guy Standing's book "Basic Income: And How Can We Make It Happen". Author reconstructs two general lines of Standing's argumentation for introducing basic income: the analysis of the "corruption of capitalism" in the context of the eponymical publication from year 2016 on the one hand, and the presentation of UBI as a universal law providing the freedom from domination.

PL

Tekst jest recenzją książki Guya Standinga, stanowiącej przystępne i kompleksowe wprowadzenie do problematyki bezwarunkowego dochodu podstawowego (BDP). Autor przygląda się, w kontekście niedawnych publikacji Standinga, dwóm najważniejszym liniom argumentacyjnym za wprowadzeniem BDP: z jednej strony analizy „korupcji” współczesnego kapitalizmu, a z drugiej - przedstawienia BDP jako obywatelskiego prawa do bycia wolnym od dominacji.

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Prekarianizm w Polsce – skala zjawiska, skutki i perspektywy

Constructing Relationships Between the Work and Private Life on the Basis of Narratives of Young Poles Experiencing Precariousness

'Precariat Contemporary Face of Labour Relations

Pauperisation of Employees in the Domestic Labour Market

Employment Precarisation in the Contemporary Economy

We’re in this Together: Framing Contest over the Precariat in the Third Sector in Poland

The phenomenon of the precariat in the Polish labour market during Poland’s membership in the European Union

25 YEARS AFTER THE COMMUNISM IN EUROPE: PHENOMENA, PROBLEMS AND TEORETICAL EXPLANATION: From “Solidarity” to precarious work. Transformation of the Labour Market in Poland 1989–2014

25 LAT PO KOMUNIZMIE W EUROPIE: ZJAWISKA, PROBLEMY I TEORETYCZNE WYJAŚNIENIA: From “Solidarity” to precarious work. Transformation of the Labour Market in Poland 1989–2014

Koszt polskiej płacy minimalnej i propozycja dochodu podstawowego

Prekariat – nowe zjawisko na rynku pracy w Polsce

A New Social Class: From Proletariat to Precariat

ASYSTENCI RODZINY ZATRUDNIENI NA UMOWĘ ZLECENIA JAKO PREKARIUSZE – ZAGROŻENIA DLA PROFESJONALIZACJI NOWEGO ZAWODU

Wspólny pokój. O praktyce kuratorskiej

New wine in old bottles or old wine in new bottles?

Social responsibility of organization towards new and radical market actors

Immigrants, Precarious Workforce as a Structural Necessity of Modern Global Capitalism

Prekariat – narastające zagrożenia dla bezpieczeństwa socjalnego?

Prekariat i dziewczyna. Fetyszyzm towarowy i emancypacja dziś

Dlaczego trzeba wprowadzić bezwarunkowy dochód podstawowy? Recenzja z książki Guya Standinga “Basic Income: And How Can We Make It Happen”