Poverty of families in Poland in the last ten years based on selected studies

Poverty of families in Poland in the last ten years ...

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title:	Poverty of families in Poland in the last ten years based on selected studies
author:	Ornacka Katarzyna , Miś Łucjan
editor:	Ornacka Katarzyna
Book title:	Cracow-Berlin debate on children, families and poverty
date of publication:	2007
place of publication : name of publisher:	Kraków : Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Instytut Socjologii
pages:	91-106
ISBN:	83-906614-4-6 978-83-906614-4-5
series:	Zeszyty Pracy Socjalnej, ISSN 1507-4285, eISSN 2449-6138; z. 12
language:	English
Book language:	English
abstract in english:	The paper presents some aspects of poverty and exclusion in the Polish society. The authors are interested in those manifestations of poverty which pose a current or potential challenge for social work. Cultural imperatives and authorities’ interests have for a longer time been focused around the issue of material and social situation of children and single mothers. It is observed a departure from the patriarchal model of marriage and family, emancipation (social, cultural, political, economic) of women and even their advantage in education (better results, numerical superiority at the third level of education) or employment (feminization of services). The disappearance of the tutelary function exercised by women (mothers, grandmothers, aunts) in traditional families and the dysfunctions that follow (social orphanage, socialization shortages, physical and emotional neglect, behavioural disorders, alcohol and drug dependency, violence in peer groups etc.) cause an increased interest of state, self-government and non-governmental agencies in the situation of children and adolescents.
keywords in english:	poverty, families, single mothers, social work
departmental parameterization:	5
affiliation:	Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Socjologii
type:	chapter
subtype:	academic paper