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Precarious agency: The role of uptake

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract How do we overcome the agency dilemma, that is, account for the fact that power relations heavily affect our agency without neglecting the many ways in which oppressed people act meaningfully? This article offers a solution by paying special attention to socially complex uptake in a framework of communities of practice. In order to explain the
Deborah Mühlebach
wiley   +1 more source

Why and How Do Street‐Level Managers Mobilise Informal Resources as a Routine Managerial Tool?

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Street‐level implementation work routinely involves navigating resource scarcity while still meeting policy demands. Recent literature suggests that frontline workers cope with these challenges through informal practices, including the use of personal resources.
Gabriela Lotta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Mongolians can find their feet anywhere, except in Mongolia”: Mongolian aspirations and the moral value of migrant labour in Korea

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article draws on the narratives of Mongolians who have worked in Korea to explore the experience of migrant labour and the role work abroad plays in Mongolian identities and life projects. Four different categories of worker are discussed: those working on 3 month visas; those working illegally having overstayed their visa; contract ...
P. Chuluunbat, Richard D. G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

Moving Beyond ‘Cheap Labour’: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Career Experiences and Trajectories of Vocational College Graduates in China

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the college‐to‐work transition of vocational college graduates, who are typically viewed as a homogeneous disadvantaged group. Drawing on Bourdieu's theories, this two‐wave panel study interviewed 33 Chinese vocational college graduates about their initial labour‐market experiences during their first year after ...
Wan Xiaohua   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Working the Pages”: Entrepreneurship Strategies of Venezuelan Trans Women Refugees Who Enter Sex Work in Brazil During COVID‐19

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1986-1996, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The Venezuelan refugee crisis has displaced nearly 8 million people, with transgender and queer refugees among the most marginalized groups. This paper explores the intersecting precarity and entrepreneurship of Venezuelan trans women refugees who became sex workers in Brazil during COVID‐19.
Yvonne Su   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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