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Is the Young Precariat a Problem of Modern Democracy? A Case Study of Poland

open access: yesPolitics and Governance
This article addresses the issue of the role and importance of the young precariat for the functioning of the democratic system. Based on scenario planning, it presents three possible directions for the development of democracy in the context of meeting ...
Michał Czuba, Rafał Muster
doaj   +1 more source

The Covid‐19 Pandemic and Pre‐Existing Migration Infrastructures: Differentiated Impacts on Nepali Migrants in Japan

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 92-103, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic disproportionately affected international migrants worldwide. However, not all international migrants were uniformly impacted. While much of the literature has focused on the pandemic's effects on migrants relative to citizens, the impacts faced by different groups of migrants remain less understood.
Ramesh Sunam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When survival becomes politics: Necessity activism and identity work under precarity

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Collective action is essential for tackling social, institutional, and environmental challenges, often fueled by shared identities, common norms, and a belief in the possibility of change. However, the impact of participating in collective action on individual identities, and how this knowledge can shape future efforts to maintain engagement ...
Lucia Garcia‐Lorenzo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Working‐in‐Commons in the Middle of Precarity: The Legacy of the Urban Commons Movement of South Korea in the 1970s

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract This article explores the endogenous characteristics of commons within the frameworks of precarity and commons through the urban commons movement in 1970s South Korea. During Korea's compressed capitalist transformation, rural migrants became the urban poor, occupying the lowest position in urban labour hierarchies.
Didi Kyoung‐ae Han, Hyun Bang Shin
wiley   +1 more source

Consent, Resistance and Existential Proficiency in Swedish Home Care: The Presence of Digital Apps in the Daily Work of Assistant Nurses

open access: yesNew Technology, Work and Employment, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 73-83, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Digital applications integrated into assistant nurses' work phones have long been used in Swedish municipal home care to structure and monitor care tasks. However, few studies have explored how these technologies shape the everyday realities of work.
Marita Flisbäck, Danka Miscevic
wiley   +1 more source

We Hear, for You: The Value of Listening to Our Corporate Colleagues

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In his “modest proposal for university reform”, Scroggins (this issue) makes the case that faculty must adapt to the neoliberal reality of higher education by revising their approaches to public scholarship and to pedagogy. I expand on his arguments, focusing on the key role played by university administrators in perfecting the modern ...
Jess Beck
wiley   +1 more source

How special educational needs co‐ordinators use their body, school environments and ethics to create and maintain agency in Swedish upper secondary school

open access: yesJournal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This study explores the methods and strategies SENCOs use to fulfil their remit. Three aspects of the SENCO's everyday worklife are highlighted: (i) embodying the SENCO role; (ii) the use of school environments; and (iii) professional ethos.
Jonas Udd, Inger C. Berndtsson
wiley   +1 more source

South Africa at the End of Neoliberalism? “Gangster Capitalism”, Rentier Accumulation, and the Transformation of Labour Politics after the Failure of Industrial‐Export Development

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Situated in the manufacturing and construction industries of Durban, South Africa, this paper presents an ethnographic investigation into non‐unionised labour activism emergent from so‐called “organised crime” linked to the patronage politics of the African National Congress. In doing so, this paper traces a twin process of post‐colonial class
Nicholas Abrams
wiley   +1 more source

Platform Work in a High‐Crime City: Navigating Violence and Gendered Safety Strategies Among Uber Drivers in Johannesburg

open access: yesIndustrial Relations Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 102-110, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores how male and female Uber drivers in Johannesburg navigate safety and violence within a high‐crime urban context, highlighting the gendered dimensions of digital platform work. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 30 Uber drivers (15 male and 15 female), the study reveals that while all drivers face threats such as ...
Percyval Bayane
wiley   +1 more source

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