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A polemical and hugely influential work of political, social and economic theory which introduces the precariat as an emerging class.

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First published in 2011 The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity, moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives. Standing warns that the growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. Its internal divisions have led to the villainization of migrants and other vulnerable groups and some are susceptible to the dangers of political extremism. Standing argues for a new politics which puts the fears and aspirations of the precariat at the heart of a progressive strategy of redistribution and income security.

The precariat is an increasingly global phenomenon, highly visible in the ongoing migrant crisis and protest movements around the world. In a new preface for the Revelations edition Guy Standing discusses recent political developments and their effect on the precariat.

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Preface to the Revelations edition

Previous edition Preface

Abbreviations

1 The Precariat

2 Why the Precariat is Growing

3 Who Enters the Precariat

4 Migrants: Victims, Villains or Heroes?

5 Labour, Work and the Time Squeeze

6 A Politics of inferno

7 A Politics of Paradise

Bibliography
Index

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Buy Guy Standing´s book, The Precariat! Or nick/borrow it! John Harris, The Guardian

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Standing, Guy
Guy Standing is Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. He has previously been Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath, UK, Professor of Labour Economics at Monash University, Australia and Director of the Socio-Economic Security Programme of the International Labour Organization. He is co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network. His recent books include Work after Globalization: Building Occupational Citizenship (2009) and Beyond the New Paternalism: Basic Security as Equality (2002).

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