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Zusatztext Guy Standing provides an incisive account of how precariousness is becoming the new normality in globalised labour markets! and offers important guidelines for all concerned to build a more just society. Informationen zum Autor Guy Standing is Professor of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. He is the author of the sequel to The Precariat, A Precariat Charter (2014) and co-author of Basic Income (2015). Klappentext A polemical and hugely influential work of political, social and economic theory which introduces the precariat as an emerging class.A polemical and hugely influential work of political, social and economic theory which introduces the precariat as an emerging class. Zusammenfassung First published in 2011 The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity! moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives. Standing warns that the growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. Its internal divisions have led to the villainization of migrants and other vulnerable groups and some are susceptible to the dangers of political extremism. Standing argues for a new politics which puts the fears and aspirations of the precariat at the heart of a progressive strategy of redistribution and income security.The precariat is an increasingly global phenomenon! highly visible in the ongoing migrant crisis and protest movements around the world. In a new preface for the Revelations edition Guy Standing discusses recent political developments and their effect on the precariat. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Revelations editionPrevious edition PrefaceAbbreviations1 The Precariat2 Why the Precariat is Growing3 Who Enters the Precariat4 Migrants: Victims! Villains or Heroes?5 Labour! Work and the Time Squeeze 6 A Politics of inferno7 A Politics of ParadiseBibliography Index ...
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Preface to the Revelations editionPrevious edition PrefaceAbbreviations1 The Precariat2 Why the Precariat is Growing3 Who Enters the Precariat4 Migrants: Victims, Villains or Heroes?5 Labour, Work and the Time Squeeze6 A Politics of inferno7 A Politics of ParadiseBibliographyIndex
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Buy Guy Standing's book, The Precariat! Or nick/borrow it! John Harris, The Guardian
