CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Maschmann, Dennis Thomas |
|---|---|
| Title | Pivni pomoc. Explaining working class solidarity under conditions of flexibilization in a peripheral small town in the Czech Republic |
| Summary | This essay studies how workers adapt to the flexibilization of employment structures with strategies for making a living in a small town on the periphery of Czech Republic after the end of socialism. Based on ethnographic observation and semi-structured interviews, it takes research on flexibilization to the field of analysis of intra-class relations. It argues that for young workers in the town of Vejprty, who live under conditions of fragmentation of their working and family lives, frequent meetings with a group of friends and acquaintances in the local pub have become an important forum for being solidary – supporting each other as friends and informants about job opportunities. This informal form of solidarity, however, functions only at the price of strict boundary maintenance vis-à-vis outsiders. |
| Supervisor | Kalb, Don; Rabinowitz, Dan |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/maschmann_dennis.pdf |
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