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Three Small-town livelihoods
Abstract
This chapter discusses how people make a living in contemporary Poland. It explores a range of livelihood strategies available to people without higher education. It considers others assets that can contribute to household livelihoods, such as second jobs and state benefits, to keep with the livelihood strategy approach, as well as main jobs in the legal economy. It concentrates more on local economies as a whole, although without an extensive focus on economic ‘facts’, for example statistics about the availability of local jobs. It explores the perceptions of local people, parents who might be tempted to migrate with their children. It considers interviewees’s negative feelings about their regional and small-town identities. It examines small-town interviewees’ opinions as to whether it was worthwhile to commute or move permanently to cities in Poland. It finally considers complaints about child benefit which emerged as a major theme in conversations both in Poland and the UK.
Abstract
This chapter discusses how people make a living in contemporary Poland. It explores a range of livelihood strategies available to people without higher education. It considers others assets that can contribute to household livelihoods, such as second jobs and state benefits, to keep with the livelihood strategy approach, as well as main jobs in the legal economy. It concentrates more on local economies as a whole, although without an extensive focus on economic ‘facts’, for example statistics about the availability of local jobs. It explores the perceptions of local people, parents who might be tempted to migrate with their children. It considers interviewees’s negative feelings about their regional and small-town identities. It examines small-town interviewees’ opinions as to whether it was worthwhile to commute or move permanently to cities in Poland. It finally considers complaints about child benefit which emerged as a major theme in conversations both in Poland and the UK.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables iv
- Acknowledgements v
- Introduction 1
- Post-communist Poland: social change and migration 27
- Small-town livelihoods 39
- Local migration cultures: compulsion and sacrifice 61
- Local migration cultures: opportunities and ‘pull factors’ 73
- Parental migration with and without children 91
- The emotional impact of migration on communities in Poland 115
- Integration into British society 137
- Being Polish in England 169
- Return to Poland 197
- Conclusions 225
- The interviewees 237
- The opinion poll 239
- 2001 Census data for Bath, Bristol, Frome and Trowbridge urban areas 241
- Bibliography 243
- Index 259
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables iv
- Acknowledgements v
- Introduction 1
- Post-communist Poland: social change and migration 27
- Small-town livelihoods 39
- Local migration cultures: compulsion and sacrifice 61
- Local migration cultures: opportunities and ‘pull factors’ 73
- Parental migration with and without children 91
- The emotional impact of migration on communities in Poland 115
- Integration into British society 137
- Being Polish in England 169
- Return to Poland 197
- Conclusions 225
- The interviewees 237
- The opinion poll 239
- 2001 Census data for Bath, Bristol, Frome and Trowbridge urban areas 241
- Bibliography 243
- Index 259
