POLECAMY
Koszyk
Completed adulthood and public policies
How institutional and policy instruments facilitate the educational, vocational, family and civic life of Polish young adults?
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The monograph is concerned with the phenomenon of transition to adulthood of young Poles and reaching the stage of completed adulthood, i.e. being economically and socially independent. The study is the first comprehensive presentation of this complex process in Poland by applying a sociological perspective, public policies analysis, assessments of young adults and representatives of institutions providing support for various life difficulties. The monograph is based primarily on qualitative (narrative and group interviews) and quantitative (statistical) data. The publication has a scientific and applied character. The book may be of interest to both academics, mainly sociologists, demographers and social politicians, as well as young people and practitioners involved in organising support for young people who experience difficulties in their everyday life during the transition to adulthood.
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This is a pioneering book on the process of transition to stabilised/completed adulthood, socioeconomic and family conditions and effects in a Poland undergoing profound economic, political and socio-cultural changes.
From the review by prof. Wielisława Warzywoda-Kruszyńska
The reviewed work emanates originality and a non-standard approach both to the theory, the research itself and the presentation of results. Reading this monograph […] leads to the conclusion thot there is no similar work in Poland, and one may risk a thesis that there is no similar work in the EU, and it is good that it will be published in English, inspiring researchers and analysts to […] reflect on life at different stages of development within the human life cycle.
From the review by prof. Krzysztof Czekaj
| Rok wydania | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Liczba stron | 262 |
| Kategoria | Publikacje darmowe |
| Wydawca | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego |
| ISBN-13 | 978-83-8220-987-7 |
| Numer wydania | 1 |
| Język publikacji | angielski |
| Informacja o sprzedawcy | ePWN sp. z o.o. |
Ciekawe propozycje
Spis treści
| Introduction: About the problem of achieving adulthood and the project | 9 |
| PART I. CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK | 17 |
| Chapter 1. Transition into adulthood – theoretical frameworks | 19 |
| 1.1. Understanding the complete transition into adulthood | 19 |
| 1.1.1. Adulthood as a stage of psycho-social development | 19 |
| 1.1.2. Adulthood as a social phenomenon/institution | 20 |
| 1.1.3. Adulthood as a socio-cultural construct | 21 |
| 1.1.4. Models of understanding adulthood | 21 |
| 1.2. Criteria and markers of adulthood | 22 |
| 1.2.1. Objective criteria for adulthood | 22 |
| 1.2.2. Subjective criteria for adulthood | 24 |
| 1.3. Theoretical approaches to the transition into adulthood | 25 |
| 1.3.1. Life course and life course regime | 25 |
| 1.3.2. Concepts of entering adulthood | 28 |
| 1.3.3. Patterns of entering adulthood | 30 |
| Chapter 2. Research methods and procedures | 37 |
| PART II. THE TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD IN THE EXPERIENCES OF POLES | 43 |
| Chapter 3. Context and determinants of the process of entering adulthood in Poland | 45 |
| 3.1. Cultural context | 47 |
| 3.2. Structural context | 49 |
| 3.3. Political context | 51 |
| Chapter 4. Schooling and adult education | 53 |
| 4.1. The education situation of young adult Poles in public statistics | 54 |
| 4.2. Selected theoretical reflections and results of empirical studies of educational careers | 58 |
| 4.2.1. General education | 60 |
| 4.2.2. Secondary education | 62 |
| 4.2.3. Higher education | 64 |
| 4.2.4. Adult education | 65 |
| 4.3. Young adults’ educational paths | 66 |
| 4.3.1. Paths of stopping at the level of primary education | 67 |
| 4.3.2. Paths of achieving secondary education | 69 |
| 4.3.3. Higher education paths | 71 |
| Chapter 5. Finding work and building a career | 75 |
| 5.1. The labour market of young Poles in public statistics | 76 |
| 5.1.1. Economically active young adults | 77 |
| 5.1.2. Young adult temporary and part-time employees | 78 |
| 5.1.3. The unemployed and inactive young adults | 80 |
| 5.2. Selected theoretical and empirical analyses of professional careers | 82 |
| 5.2.1. Categories describing the course of professional life | 83 |
| 5.2.2. Types of career paths | 84 |
| 5.3. Young adult career paths | 87 |
| 5.3.1. Job plans | 87 |
| 5.3.2. Ways to look for a job | 89 |
| 5.3.3. Timing and linearity of entering the labour market | 90 |
| 5.3.4. First professional experience | 90 |
| 5.4. Young adults’ professional pathways – between traditional and postmodern pathways | 93 |
| 5.4.1. The relative stability career | 94 |
| 5.4.2. The permanent mobility career | 96 |
| 5.5. Profesional career of young women – between professional and family roles | 102 |
| 5.6. Job satisfaction | 107 |
| Chapter 6. Household and family formation | 111 |
| 6.1. Household formation | 111 |
| 6.1.1. Household formation as a stage in achieving completed adulthood | 111 |
| 6.1.2. The housing situation of young adult Poles in public statistics | 112 |
| 6.1.3. Paths to getting one’s own housing | 115 |
| 6.1.4. Prolonged stay in a family home (nesters) | 119 |
| 6.1.5. Perception of the state’s support | 123 |
| 6.2. Family formation | 124 |
| 6.2.1. The family situation of young adult Poles in public statistics | 125 |
| 6.2.2. Forms of family life | 130 |
| 6.2.3. Parenthood in achieving adulthood and stabilising family life | 135 |
| 6.2.4. Split families and single parenthood | 138 |
| 6.2.5. Perception of the state’s support | 139 |
| Chapter 7. Young adults in the public and political sphere | 143 |
| 7.1. Young adults’ issues in political parties’ programmes and manifestos | 144 |
| 7.2. How young adults are presented in political discourse | 149 |
| 7.3. The political participation of young adults | 158 |
| 7.4. Conventional political participation | 160 |
| 7.5. Reasons for the low level of political participation | 162 |
| 7.6. Young adults’ attitudes towards politics and policy | 166 |
| Chapter 8. Paths to reaching adulthood | 173 |
| 8.1. Young adult markers of adulthood | 173 |
| 8.2. Young adults’ concepts of entering adulthood | 174 |
| 8.3. Young adults’ pathways into adulthood | 176 |
| 8.4. Foster care leavers’ pathways into adulthood | 182 |
| 8.4.1. Pathways of transitioning from education to the labour market | 184 |
| 8.4.2. Pathways to establishing one’s own household and starting a family | 186 |
| PART III. PUBLIC POLICIES FOR COMPLETED ADULTHOOD IN POLAND. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS | 189 |
| Chapter 9. Public policies for completed adulthood in Poland. Conclusions and Discussions | 191 |
| 9.1. Public policy and the life course approach | 191 |
| 9.2. The post-transformation models of Polish social policy | 193 |
| 9.3. Mapping public policies for young adults | 196 |
| 9.3.1. Educational regulations | 197 |
| 9.3.2. Labour market regulations | 198 |
| 9.3.3. Housing regulations | 199 |
| 9.3.4. Family regulations | 200 |
| 9.3.5. Other public policy instruments | 201 |
| 9.4. Interviewees’ evaluation of social policy | 210 |
| Conclusions. Proposals concerning social policy | 213 |
| References | 215 |
| List of tables | 239 |
| Appendices | 241 |
| Appendix 1. List of interviewees (IDI) | 241 |
| Appendix 2. List of interviews (FGI) | 250 |
| Appendix 3. In-depth interview (IDI) scenario | 252 |
| Appendix 4. Focus group interview (FGI) scenarios | 256 |
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