EBOOK Poverty and Social Exclusion During and After Poland's Transition to Capitalism Four Generatio - Paulina Bunio-Mroczek

EBOOK Poverty and Social Exclusion During and After Poland's Transition to Capitalism Four Generatio
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Autor: Paulina Bunio-Mroczek

 Wydawnictwo: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
ISBN: 9788380885011
EAN: 4ECD4253EB
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Data wydania: 2016
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The book is about poverty in Poland during the period of system transformation and in the decade that followed, as documented in the life courses of consecutive generations of women living in the disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the post-industrial city. 69 life histories were collected. The authors analyse the life histories of four generations of women where the oldest are former workers in state-owned factories in which they worked until retirement and who used to be the avant-garde of the women's working class during the socialist period. Their daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters occurred redundant on the capitalist labour market and lived on social benefits. The book is unique in both Polish and world literature since it goes beyond traditionally considered “feminisation of poverty" in monetary terms. It searches for poverty drivers and maintainers embedded in changes in industrial relations, welfare regime and family structures and relations. It also tells about women' efforts and capabilities to cope with the disadvantage.
The publication will be of interest to a broad audience composed of scholars concerned with poverty, social marginalisation and exclusion, officers in public and non-governmental institutions as well as to students of social work, sociology, pedagogy, psychology, social policy, gender studies and family science.
Introduction9

Chapter 1. The sociology of the life course21

Chapter 2. Poverty in the biographical experience of women from the oldest generation - 'grandmothers'29
1.Childhood31
1.1.Poverty in childhood in the countryside31
1.1.1.Children working as servants34
1.2.Poverty in childhood in Łódź36
1.2.1.Working mothers. Caring for younger siblings40
1.3.World War II and the Nazi-German occupation41
1.3.1.Forced displacement and labour in Germany42
1.3.2.Working in German factories. Taking responsibility for the mother and younger siblings44
2.Youth45
2.1.Starting work in a factory - a new biographical experience45
3.Adulhood47
3.1.Getting married47
3.2.Reconciling work with maternity and child care49
3.2.1.Marriages founded on partner relations49
3.2.2.Traditional marriages50
3.2.3.Lack of trust in marital relations - alcoholism in the family of procreation50
3.3.Financial conditions of the family of procreation51
3.4.Events that damage stability - illness and husband's death53
4.Old age54
4.1.Living on an old age pension in an extended family54
4.2. Grandmothers as foster families56
4.3.Health problems - lack of money for medical care57
4.4.Summing up one's life - subjective assessment of one's life in the past and at present58

Chapter 3. Poverty in the biographical experience of women from the middle generation - 'mothers'61
1.Childhood63
1.1.Childhood in poverty - the father's alcoholism63
1.2.Education65
2.Adulth67
2.1.Marriage - capital at the start67
2.1.1.The drinking husband's violence and aggression71
2.1.2.Taking responsibility for the finances and organization of family life76
2.2.The breakdown of a marriage77
2.2.1.Divorce and its consequences78
2.3.Employment80
2.3.1.Loss of employment and its consequences82
2.4.Health problems and sudden illness as poverty driver and maintainer87

Chapter 4. Poverty in the biographical experience of women from the young generation - 'daughters'91
1.Childhood92
1.1.In the shadow of alcoholism92
1.2.At the grandparents' place95
1.3. Mother's divorce. Breaking off relations with the father96
2.Adulth97
2.1.Early, unplanned motherhood97
2.2.Being a mother99
2.3.Outside the labour market100
2.4.Dependency on family support and social welfare101

Chapter 5. Poverty in the biographical experience of women from the youngst generation - 'granddaughters'103
1.Childhood106
1.1.Good childhood memories106
1.2. Childhood trauma107

2. Adolescence109
2.1. Early disengagement from school - hanging out with those guys109
2.2. Early pregnancy110
3. Early adulthood113
3.1. Single teenage motherhood113
3.2. On the margins of the labour market116
3.3. Undignifying housing conditions117
3.4. Future plans119
3.5. Women only121

Chapter 6. Life histories of three families123
1. The F. family123
2. The W. family133
3. The Z.B. family143

Conclusions153
References159
About the authors167

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