Precariat: Difference between revisions

From ProleWiki, the proletarian encyclopedia
(cleaned up intro text)
Tag: Visual edit
(added references)
Tag: Visual edit
Line 1: Line 1:
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]].
== References ==

Revision as of 21:57, 17 May 2022

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

  1. Noam Chomsky (2012-05-08). "Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline" Chomsky.info.
  2. Charlie Post (2015-04-020). "We’re All Precarious Now" Jacobin.
  3. 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.