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A democratic critique of precarity
Global Discourse, 2015 The term ‘precarity’ has become increasingly popular as a way to capture the material and psychological vulnerability resulting from neoliberal economic reforms. This article demonstrates that such precarity is incompatible with democracy. More specifically, it makes two arguments.
Näsström, Sofia, Kalm, Sara
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How to consruct the Precarity Index [PDF]
, 2016 This is the data guide for using the PEPSO Employment Precarity Index that was developed for and used data from two major surveys of workers in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. These two surveys were published in the reports It’s
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese +2 more
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Mobility Strategies of Precarious Employees and the Formation of Precarious Habitus [PDF]
Социологический журнал, 2019 This article considers the social mobility trajectories for vulnerable employees involved in precarious employment. The authors define two types of justifying involvement in precarity — forced or voluntary choice.
Irina N. Tartakovskaya +1 more
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Precarious Lives: Forced sterilisation and the struggle for reproductive justice in Peru
Global Public Health, 2022 It is estimated that more than 200,000 women were sterilised without giving free, prior and informed consent in Peru between 1996 and 2000 during the Fujimori regime.
Ernesto Vasquez Del Aguila
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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Precarity, Permits, and Prayers: “Working Practices” of Congolese Asylum-Seeking Women in Cape Town
Africa Spectrum, 2022 This paper provides an ethnographic reading of how Congolese women, in particular aslyum seekers with temporary permits, navigate Cape Town's informal urban economy.
Henrietta Nyamnjoh +2 more
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Precarity as a Mode of Enquiry [PDF]
, 2022 This chapter extends the original understanding of precarity as a concept, taking it from its economic roots, describing a largely Eurocentric, post-Fordist diminishing of labour and livelihood securities, to an urban Indian context where not just ...
Mendes, Ana Cristina, Lau, Lisa
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
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Precarious Patriarchs in Toni Morrison’s Paradise: A Butlerian Study
Comparative Literature: East & WestThe present article aims to explore the Butlerian notion of precarity in Morrison’s Paradise in an attempt to realize if and in what ways Butler’s conception of the term can be read into the novel.
Ladan Farah Bakhsh
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