The precariat : the new dangerous class / Guy Standing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Standing, Guy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Casual labor.

Minimum wage.

Precarious employment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 198 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book presents the Precariat an emerging class, comprising the rapidly growing number of people facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. Guy Standing argues that this class is producing instabilities in society. Although it would be wrong to characterise members of the Precariat as victims, many are frustrated and angry. The Precariat is dangerous because it is internally divided, leading to the villainisation of migrants and other vulnerable groups. Lacking agency, its members may be susceptible to the siren calls of political extremism. To prevent a 'politics of inferno', Guy Standing argues for a 'politics of paradise', in which redistribution and income security are reconfi gured in a new kind of Good Society, and in which the fears and aspirations of the Precariat are made central to a progressive strategy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

Abbreviations

1 The Precariat

2 Why the Precariat is Growing

3 Who Enters the Precariat

4 Migrants: Victims, Villains or Heroes?

5 Labour, Work and the Time Squeeze

6 A Politics of inferno

7 A Politics of Paradise

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

ISBN:

9781849664547

1849664544

9781849664554

1849664552

OCLC:

750172549