Critical labour studies and labour movements in the east of Europe

The Polish experiences

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7706542
AutoresAdam Mrozowicki (0000-0002-5809-5036, University of Wrocław, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume49
Fascículo4
Páginas607-618
Data de publicação2025-05-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCapital & Class (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/03098168251342953
OpenAlexW4410730298
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas17

Poland has a long tradition of cooperation between intellectuals and the labour movement, as well as organic intellectuals within the labour movement, which manifested itself during the workers’ and citizens’ struggles against authoritarian socialism. However, this legacy has weakened in the 1990s during the period of neoliberal economic restructuring, supported by part of the former anti-communist opposition. In this article, I document some traces of the revival of this collaboration in the 2010s and 2020s, based on available literature, documents and my own experiences from several projects and initiatives in which I was involved. In the context of debates on critical labour studies and public sociology, this article focuses on reconstructing the opportunities and challenges of collaboration between sociologists and labour movements in a context where trade unions are relatively weak and the institutional foundations for collaboration are lacking

Economics · Labour economics · Political science · Labor Movements and Unions · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics