Toggle Main Menu Toggle Search

Open Access padlockePrints

The Newcastle University research output collection, currently available on ePrints, will shortly be moving to a new open repository platform, Figshare. To prepare for the data migration we have paused adding new content to ePrints, and will resume once the new repository is launched. During this time you will continue to have access to ePrints (but no new content will appear). We will share updates here when available.

Poverty and household economic practices in Nowa Huta, Poland

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Alison StenningORCiD, Dariusz Swiatek

Downloads

Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.

Abstract

Drawing upon research in Nowa Huta (Kraków, Poland), the paper investigates the economic conditions of households and individuals in this large post-socialist housing estate, where the context of social exclusion and poverty emerges from the introduction of market-based mechanisms. Starting from the characteristics of households and individuals, the paper identifies those living 'at risk' of poverty. It explores different labour market strategies, investigates the relationship between employment and poverty and describes the role of employment in supporting livelihoods, especially for households 'at risk' of poverty. The paper then examines the material assets and social networks which households have at their disposal and the way these are used to support and develop their livelihoods in everyday life. In addition, the role of citizenship assets, e.g. pensions, child, unemployment and other social benefits, as protection from poverty and social exclusion is explored. Finally the paper shows how this variety of assets and institutions work together in everyday life and create a range of geographies in which households and individuals operate.

Publication metadata

Author(s): Stenning AC, Światek DA, Smith A, Rochovská A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Geographia Polonica

Year: 2007

Volume: 80

Issue: 1

Pages: 7-24

Print publication date: 01/03/2007

ISSN (print): 0016-7282

ISSN (electronic):

URL: http://www.igipz.pan.pl/wydaw/polonica_80_1/GP_80_1_2007.pdf

Share