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precariat: a standalone construct

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Sociology of work

an emerging class of people with insecure work, incomes and occupational identity, lacking the forms of labour security of the old working class.

In sociology of work, precariat refers to an emerging class of people with insecure work, incomes and occupational identity, lacking the forms of labour security of the old working class. This meaning comes from Standing (2011) in The Precariat.[1]

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class3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs occupational identity1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Standing, G. (2011). The Precariat. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781849664554

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