Beyond 'infernos' or 'paradises': the politics of precariousness

In The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (2011), Guy Standing contends that the commodification of politics and the collapse of working class engagement with mainstream political parties has resulted in a global resurgence of right-wing xenophobia and intolerance within marginalised communities and...

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Published in:Criminal justice matters 2013-09 (93), p.14
Main Authors: Goldsmith, Carlie, Cavalcanti, Roxana Pessoa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comparative studies
Cross cultural studies
Low income groups
Politics
Social classes
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Summary:In The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (2011), Guy Standing contends that the commodification of politics and the collapse of working class engagement with mainstream political parties has resulted in a global resurgence of right-wing xenophobia and intolerance within marginalised communities and between vulnerable social groups. While he presents evidence to support this thesis the following analysis of ethnographic research in Brazil and Britain illustrates that "the precariat" lead rather more complex political lives than Standing, perhaps inevitably, is able to capture. Here, Goldsmith and Cavalcanti compare the politics of precariousness in Brazil and Britain.
ISSN:0962-7251
1934-6220