The precariat : the new dangerous class / Guy Standing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Standing, Guy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Precarious employment.

Casual labor.

Minimum wage.

Physical Description:

xi, 336 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2014]

Summary:

The global "precariat," in the view of Standing (economic security, U. of Bath, UK), is a class-in-the-making that has emerged out of the neoliberal insistence on labor flexibility. Not entirely synonymous with the working poor, the precariat are those who lack the elements of labor security pursued by the social democratic parties and trade unions as part of their "industrial citizenship" agenda after the Second World War. Lacking a solidaristic labor community, the precariat suffers from alienation and a sense of instrumentality in their work. Standing warns that the precariat represents a danger because its fears and insecurities render them prone to manipulation by populist and neo-fascist politics, as one can already see in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The precariat

Why the precariat is growing

Who enters the precariat?

Migrants: victims, villains or heroes?

Labour, work and the time squeeze

The politics of inferno

The politics of paradise.

Notes:

"First published in [2011] by Bloomsbury Academic."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781849663519

1849663513

9781849663526

1849663521

9781472536167

1472536169

OCLC:

870426060