Paper short abstract:

This paper addresses precarity in the context of a specific citizenship regime developed in the historical nexus of a transition between state socialism and neoliberalism, focusing on the changing dimensions of civil, political and social elements of citizenship.

Paper long abstract:

This paper focuses on exploring the connections between precarisation and citizenship in the context of the post-transition neoliberal economy of Poland. With one of the lowest employment rates, job quality and low labor market security, Poland, a socialist country until 1989, is now among the leaders in precarious employment in Europe, with Polish youth disproportionately affected (over 55 percent working on temporary contracts). Recently, criticism of precarity was taken up by the nationalist political parties, making precarity an important public idiom through which the interplay of predatory neoliberalism and national neo-conservatism can be viewed. I am interested in addressing precarity in the context of the specific citizenship regime developed in the historical nexus of a transition between state socialism and neoliberalism, focusing on the changing dimensions of civil, political and social elements of citizenship.