Why read The Precariat?

Book cover of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

Book description

This book presents the new Precariat - the rapidly growing number of people facing lives of insecurity, on zero hours contracts, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. The delivery driver who brings your packages, the uber driver who gets you to work, the…

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The working class in the United States

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Political

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Precariat as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Andrew J. Cherlin

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This U.K. author provides the most insightful analysis of a new category of worker. The portmanteau title combines “precarious” and “proletariat” into “precariat.” The growing number of workers in the “precariat” not only receive low wages but also take precarious jobs in which scheduling can vary week to week, employment guarantees are absent, and fringe benefits are almost nonexistent. Standing looks for the reasons behind the emergence of the precariat and how we might respond to their growing numbers.

From Andrew's list on what has happened to the American working class.