Marek Okólski – författare

The Solidarity-led government which came into power in Poland in Autumn 1989 faced two enormous tasks. First, to stabilize an economy prone to hyperflation. Second, to replace a crumbling command system in favour of a market mechanism, in a country whose market institutions had been destroyed under forty years of communist rule. This book recounts the events of this period and the course taken by the new government, and analyzes the significance of this for the transition process in Poland and elsewhere.

A selection of presentations from the 1999 European Population Conference, which convened in The Hague from 30 August to 3 September on behalf of the European Association for Population Studies (IUSSP), The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), Statistics Netherlands (SN), and The Netherlands Demographic Society (NVD). Europe is facing major and challenging demographic issues that, to a large extent, will shape its future. These challenges formed the basis for On the threshold of the third millennium, selecting special underlyin g themes for the plenary sessions at the conference. Four population experts were invited to present their views. Written versions of their presentations form the contents of this book. Dirk van de Kaa describes Europe and its population. Henri Leridon addresses the question "How do Europeans plan their families?". Giuseppe Gesano considers the relationship between demographic trends and the labour market, and Marek Ososki writes about Europe's modern international migration history.

This open access book explores employers’ interests in international labour migration, arguing that employers’ interests have consistently been a major force shaping and directing international labour migration in market economies.Employers’ interests have been underestimated in part due to the lack of an appropriate theory. This book offers a comprehensive theoretical framework for studying employers’ interests in labour migration. It does this by building on neo-institutionalist concepts, and proposing a framework for classifying institutions relevant to employers’ pursuit of their interests in this domain.Contributors utilise qualitative document analysis, political discourse analysis, and in-depth interviews with representatives of employers’ organisations and other actors knowledgeable about employers’ interests. By looking at historical events on several continents, and subsequently focusing on four European countries: the UK, Germany, Italy and Poland, this book demonstrates that employers’ interests have consistently been the reason behind international labour migration, even if they manifest themselves differently depending on the institutional environment of the particular country. This counters the dominant public narratives of today, which treat migration primarily as a security issue. By putting the spotlight on employers and offering a theoretical framework for analysing their interests and activities, this book hopes to rectify the imbalance in both academic and public discussions concerning labour migration and the forces that shape it.