Naslov
Biographical experiences of work in transformation and crisis: life strategies and work trajectories in Croatia

Autori
Derado, Augustin

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
(Un)making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivity ; 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association / - , 2017, 158-158

Skup
(Un)making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivity ; 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 29.08.2017. - 01.09.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Life strategies ; work trajectories ; social transformation ; economic crisis

Sažetak
This paper aims to analyze the the connections of work trajectories and life strategies in the times of social transformation and crisis in Croatia. Our starting assumption is that transformations of the economic and social systems in former socialist states, as well as the multiple and sometimes contradictory demands from the new economic and social realities have greatly impacted many individual biographies, especially in the sphere of work. The research sampling procedure used the results of an nationally representative survey (2014.) which has reconstructed the field of social classes according to the economic, social and cultural capital (Bourdieu, 1996) in Croatia. From the reconstructed field of social classes 30 interviewees have been selected following the principle of “maximum variation sample” (Creswell, 2014). Elaborate stories on the work trajectories of the respondents have been collected, along with the experiences of coping with the social transformations and economic crisis. This paper is simultaneously aimed at understanding the subjectivist bases of objectivist categories and on a careful reflection on the macro-causes of noted and interpreted micro-experiences (Burawoy, 2000). Both the concept of life-strategies and the biographical approach to individual experiences and trajectories provide opportunities to elude the analytical difficulties arising from the structure-agency divide and to locate the personal experiences within the wider social context (Hubbard, 2000). Finally, we analyze how the changing social structures provided opportunities and constraints to individuals, and how the use of economic, social and cultural capital enabled or hindered individual agency in work trajectories and life strategies in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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