Stručni rad
Precarious Work and the Impossibility of a Precarious Class
Morana Starčević
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Diplomski studij sociologije
Sažetak
This work was developed on the basis of the master thesis ”Precarious work and the (im)possibility of a precarious class’’. The aim of this research is to offer a critical analysis of the concepts of precarious work and precarious class, which are being increasingly encountered in public discourse. The chapter ’’Precarious work’’ advances in outlining a historical background of precarious work research and its development as well as the definition of precarity as a labor market phenomenon that calls for systematic attention, figuring also in the proceedings of the International Labour Organisation and the European Commission's research. Furthermore, the same chapter reports the methodological issues surrounding the definition and the study of precarious work in line with which an approximate estimation of the spread of the phenomenon is put forward. Lastly, it identifies the various taxonomies adopted in the thematization of precarious work, among others including the controversial concept of precarious class. In the section ’’Class’’, the author presents an overview of class and stratification theories and highlights the main differences between them. By addressing a critique to Guy Standing’s precarious class ’’theory’’ and the new class model proposed by the BBC’s large-scale research about class in the UK, it is posited that the inclusion of precarity in the stratification and class investigations is a mere formality. Instead of simply naming a precarious class, there is a need to include precariety indicators, that is indicators of precarious work, in stratification and class analyses in order to appraise the extent of precarious work distribution and the nature of possible inter-class or inter-strata variations. With this aim in mind, the study puts forward possible solutions for the systematic inclusion of precarious work in the neo-marxist approach to class as well as in the neo-weberian and post-class stratification approach.
Ključne riječi
class; labor market; precarious work; precarious workers
Hrčak ID:
129223
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.5.2014.
Posjeta: 5.495 *