SOCIOL 2SS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Precarious Work, Digital Revolution, Precarity
Document Summary
Work that is uncertain, unstable, and insecure and in which employees bear the risks of work (as opposed to businesses or the government) and receive limited social benefits and statutory protections - kalleberg and vallas. Challenges the norm of standard employment relationship. Economic sociologists argue - kalleberg & vallas : de-unionization, financialization, shareholder conception, globalization, sharpened competition among workers worldwide, digital revolution, reduces capital"s need for labour. Low wage: income volatility: large fluctuations in income from month to month that make it difficult to budget, plan for future or save. Destabilization of racial and gender hierarchies previously established in work settings. Cultural consequence of who"s been historically seen as privilege in these positions now brings peoples attention to the issue. Lack of opportunity: both opportunities for career advancement but also opportunities to engage in different work or work arrangements: how this happens is through limited opportunities for training to move up positions.
