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Urbanity, Precarity, and Homeland Activism. Burmese Migrants in Global Cities
Moussons, 2013 This article interrogates the link between urbanity and “precarity of place” for non-citizen populations, relying on evidence drawn from the transnational homeland activities of Burmese migrants in two global cities (Bangkok and Tokyo).
Susan Banki
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Nalans, 2023 The paper analyses the relationship between decolonization, climate change, and environmental injustice as represented in the writings of Abdulrazak Gurnah. Gurnah’s work is considered an example of decolonial literature.
Ferreira Maria João
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Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación, 2021 While much critical attention as been devoted to the representation of precarity on the European stages, and in British theatre in particular, dramatic texts produced in the United States that concern, depict and represent the lives of members of the so-
Ana Fernández-Caparrós
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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The making of precarity: an ethnography on precarious workers in Auckland, New Zealand
KōtuituiThe following article focuses on the everyday struggles of precarious workers in Auckland, New Zealand. As an excerpt from an ethnography on lived precarity in Auckland City, it reveals structural constraints that precarious workers face daily.
Marko Galič
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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SAGE OpenUsing survey data from Chinese gig workers, this study employs OLS regression, mechanism analysis, and instrumental variable methods, supplemented by semi-structured interviews, to explore female gig workers’ precarity in the labor market, labor process,
Qi Zheng, Zitong Qiu, Weiguo Yang
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Housing Precarity in Russia: Measurements in Regions and Federal Districts
Changing Societies & PersonalitiesHousing precarity has become an increasingly prominent issue over the past two decades, attracting sustained attention from researchers across multiple disciplines.
Denis B. Litvintsev
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Seeing the "Changing Nature of Work" through a Precarity Lens
Global Labour Journal, 2020 This article reviews the concept of precarity and offers critical reflections on its contribution to the study of contemporary labour and livelihoods.
Richard W. Mallett
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné +3 more
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