Tracy Shildrick, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK, and co-author of Poverty and Insecurity: Life in low-pay, no-pay Britain, “Building on the success of his much-discussed The Precariat, Guy Standing has now elaborated a brave and imaginative program that could bring protection to the denizens of the world and save us all from the destructiveness of neoliberal capitalism. Learn more ››. Standing's insightful and encouraging book will be welcomed not only by members of the precariat but equally by non-precarians on the left seeking inspiration for a new progressive programme. Guy Standing's immensely influential 2011 book introduced the Precariat as an emerging mass class, characterized by inequality and insecurity. 'name': 'The Precariat' Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Read "A Precariat Charter From Denizens to Citizens" by Prof. As the title indicates, this book wants us to think back to Karl Marx, to the ‘proletariat’, and to fear, as did the bourgeoisie of his time, the rise of the waged workers. on October 8, 2020. He outlined the political risks they might pose, and at what might be done to diminish inequality and, "Guy Standing's immensely influential 2011 book introduced the Precariat as an emerging mass class, characterized by inequality and insecurity. Search ga('ec:addProduct', * Claus Offe, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany * In his call for 'social empathy' in politics, Standing offers an important corrective to decades of neoliberalism, while his demand for rethinking of the nature of work rightly seeks to undo centuries of damaging thought on the issue. Quite simply, a tour de force. 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'id': '9780755600656', His concept and his conclusions have been widely taken up by thinkers from Noam Chomsky to Zygmunt Bauman, by political activists and by policy-makers. Standing outlined the increasingly global nature of the Precariat as a social phenomenon, especially in the light of the social unrest characterized by the Occupy movements. There are currently no items in your Shopping Cart. Guy Standing's immensely influential 2011 book introduced the Precariat as an emerging mass class, characterized by inequality and insecurity. The proposals are written in a simple and accessible way, and they make for a powerful, if sobering read ... With a long history working on and researching these issues and with much direct experience out 'in the field', there can be few people better qualified to speak to these important issues [than Standing].” –  Tracy Shildrick, University of Leeds, UK, It offers progressive politics a revived purpose: not a surrender to economic practices as if they were forces of nature, but the pursuit of a common security that would enhance our humanity – because, as he puts it, "knowing that your fellow citizen has the same rights as you do humanises us all".” –  John Harris, Would you also like to submit a review for this item? * Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, USA * No one interested in the fate of labor in the 21st century can ignore Guy Standing's The Precariat, which transformed both scholarly and political debates about the future of work in capitalist societies. The Charter offers a series of positive steps towards reshaping society to provide a better life for the vulnerable majority in our societies. You submitted the following rating and review. Choose your country's store to see books available for purchase.