A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens

by Guy Standing

Book Overview

Guy Standing's immensely influential 2011 book introduced the Precariat as an emerging mass class, characterized by inequality and insecurity. 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. He outlined the political risks they might pose, and at what might be done to diminish inequality and allow such workers to find a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472505751
• ISBN13: 9781472505750
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.6"