by
Guy Standing
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Preface
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terms
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notes
precariat
(en)
(precarious + proletariat) a social class formed by people suffering from precarity, due to lack of job security; emergence of this class has been ascribed to the entrenchment of neoliberalism; Guy Standing has a book on this
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a growing 'precariat', consisting of millions of people facing unstable, insecure labour, a lack of occupational identity, declining and increasingly volatile real wages, loss of benefits and chronic indebtedness
notable
7 years, 3 months ago
a growing 'precariat', consisting of millions of people facing unstable, insecure labour, a lack of occupational identity, declining and increasingly volatile real wages, loss of benefits and chronic indebtedness
notable
7 years, 3 months ago
anomie
(en)
lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group, which lessens social cohesion and fosters decline; popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide
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This mixture of anxiety, anomie, alienation and anger is creating a 'perfect storm'
for hate-filled populism
notable
7 years, 3 months ago
This mixture of anxiety, anomie, alienation and anger is creating a 'perfect storm'
for hate-filled populism
notable
7 years, 3 months ago