Tradition, Present and Future of the Sociology of Work in Poland: Reflections on the Project the 'Doyens of the Sociology of Work'

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Published: Dec 19, 2016
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doyens of sociology of work, plant sociolgists, institutionalisation of the sociology of work, the crisis of sociology of work, Poland

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Ewa Giermanowska
Department of Prophylactic Functions of Social Policy, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw, Nowy Świat 69, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland
Elżbieta Kolasińska
Department of Sociology of Public Affairs and Economy, Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gdańsk, Jana Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
Adam Mrozowicki
Institute of Sociology, University of Wrocław,  Pl. Uniwersytecki 1 50-137 Wroclaw, Poland
Joanna Róg-Ilnicka
Independent researcher

Abstract

This article explores the experiences of the institutionalization and crisis of the sociology of work in Poland by analyzing the narratives of the doyens of the sociology of work in the country. It is argued that the institutionalization of sociology of work in the 1960s and 1970s reflected the requirements of the socialist industrialization of the country and its crisis (lasting from the end of 1980s) has political and economic roots related to systemic transformation. Simultaneously, some parallels between the situation of the sociology of work before and after 1989 are noted, including the challenges of cooperation between sociologists and industry. The empirical data in the article come from the research project carried out the Sociology of Work Section of the Polish Sociological Association based on the narrative interviews with the academic sociologists of work and plant sociologists who began their careers in the period of state socialism in Poland.

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Giermanowska, E., Kolasińska, E., Mrozowicki, A., & Róg-Ilnicka, J. (2016). Tradition, Present and Future of the Sociology of Work in Poland: Reflections on the Project the ’Doyens of the Sociology of Work’. Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology, 7(13), 89–104. Retrieved from https://econjournals.sgh.waw.pl/wfes/article/view/529
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