Coping with Long-Term Unemployment in Poland: Faces of Joblessness in a Regional Centre

Binder, Piotr

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-50487-6_7

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“…Gainful employment gives individuals an opportunity to build social relations, and thus the lack of such work cuts individuals off from social contacts (Michoń, 2017). On the other hand, as it was shown by the research on young people, strong family ties weaken the negative consequences of unemployment (Binder, 2016;Michoń, 2017), and strong ties established during employment help in finding a new job (Pawlak & Kotnarowski, 2016). Therefore, we can observe a double relationship between unemployment and social relations: on the one hand, unemployment negatively affects the possibility of establishing social relations and can foster social exclusion, on the other hand, strong social relations can be a source of support for people experiencing unemployment and can help them find a job.…”

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Social relations of people experiencing unemployment. Between support and stigmatisation

Dębska¹,

Suwada²

2020

Problemy Polityki Społecznej: Studia I Dyskusje

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The aim of the article is to analyse social relations of people experiencing unemployment in today's Polish society on the basis of the data collected as a part of the "Memoirs of the Unemployed" project. In this paper, we investigate three types of relations: with family, with friends and acquaintances, and with labour market institutions. Our analysis shows that the experience of unemployment has a specific impact on social relations, both within the family and with other people. They are characterised by great ambivalence, which results from the fact that although they are a source of support, they are often based on

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confidence: 99%