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The '''Precariat''' refers to the social class of people who experience precariousness, lacking security and predictability which affects their material or physical well-being. The term is a combination of (also called a portmanteau) the words ''precarious'' and [[Proletariat|''proletariat'']]. | The '''Precariat''' refers to the social class of people who experience precariousness, lacking security and predictability which affects their material or physical well-being. The term is a combination of (also called a portmanteau) the words ''precarious'' and [[Proletariat|''proletariat'']].<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Noam Chomsky]]|newspaper=Chomsky.info|title=Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline|date=2012-05-08|url=https://chomsky.info/20120508/}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=Charlie Post|newspaper=[[Jacobin]]|title=We’re All Precarious Now|date=2015-04-020|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/04/precarious-labor-strategies-union-precariat-standing/}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=Guy Standing, Research Professor in Development Studies University of London|newspaper=World Economic Forum|title=Meet the precariat, the new global class fuelling the rise of populism|date=2016-10-09|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/precariat-global-class-rise-of-populism/}}</ref> | ||
One of the main causes for the emergence of the precariat is the growth of the [[gig economy]]. | One of the main causes for the emergence of the precariat is the growth of the [[gig economy]]. | ||
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The Precariat refers to the social class of people who experience precariousness, lacking security and predictability which affects their material or physical well-being. The term is a combination of (also called a portmanteau) the words precarious and proletariat.[1][2][3]
One of the main causes for the emergence of the precariat is the growth of the gig economy.
References
- ↑ Noam Chomsky (2012-05-08). "Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline" Chomsky.info.
- ↑ Charlie Post (2015-04-020). "We’re All Precarious Now" Jacobin.
- ↑ Guy Standing, Research Professor in Development Studies University of London (2016-10-09). "Meet the precariat, the new global class fuelling the rise of populism" World Economic Forum.