The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

by Guy Standing

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474294171
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/20/2016
Series:	Bloomsbury Revelations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

Preface vii

List of Abbreviations ix

1 The Precariat 1

2 Why the Precariat Is Growing 26

3 Who Enters the Precariat? 59

4 Migrants: Victims, Villains or Heroes? 90

5 Labour, Work and the Time Squeeze 115

6 A Politics of Inferno 132

7 A Politics of Paradise 155

Bibliography 184

Index 191