This volume addresses issues of precariousness in a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, looking at socio-economic transformations as well as the identity formation and political organizing of precarious people. The collection bridges empirical research with social theory to problematize and analyse the precariat.

The collection offers some valuable contributions to the existing body of knowledge. the book is strong on its diverse analytical dimensions, which reveal the manifold character of the precarisation process. It brings important contributions to the debate by offering a contextual understanding of the triggers behind, experiences of and struggles against precariousness. (Mirela Ivanova, Transfer, Vol. 23 (4), 2017)

Autorentext
Ildikó Asztalos Morell, Mälardalen University, Sweden. Simone Baglioni, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Raimo Blom, University of Tampere, Finland. Kevin Doogan, University of Bristol, UK. Klaus Dörre, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany. Tomi Kankainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Charalambos Kasimis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Håkon Leiulfsrud, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Kirsti Lempiäinen, University of Lapland, Finland. Eeva Luhtakallio, University of Tampere, Finland. Alice Mattoni, European University Institute, Italy. Harri Melin, University of Tampere, Finland. Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece. Herbert Reiter, European University Institute, Italy. Lauri Siisiainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Erling Solheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Markos Vogiatzoglou , European University Institute, Italy. Stavros Zografakis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece.

Inhalt

1. The precarisation effect; Donatella della Porta, Sakari Hänninen, Martti Siisiäinen and Tiina Silvasti
   Part I
   
   2. Precarity in the different worlds of social classes; Harri Melin and Raimo Blom
   3. Precarity - minority condition or majority experience?; Kevin Doogan
   4. A European analysis of subsistence precarisation and precarious risk; Erling Solheim and Håkon Leiulfsrud
   5. Tests for the Underclass: The Social Effects of Activating Labour Market Policy in Germany; Klaus Dörre
   6. The precarious status of migrant labour in Greece: evidence from rural areas; Charalambos Kasimis, Apostolos, G. Papadopoulos and Stavros Zografakis
      Part II
   7. Precariousness in Academia - The prospects of employment in changing universities; Kirsti Lempiäinen
   8. On the Roma precarious experience facing Pentecostalism; Ildikó Asztalos Morell
   9. Giving up Farming as a Precarious Decision; Tiina Silvasti and Sakari Hänninen
   10. Precarious Experience Denied?; Mikko Jakonen
   11. Precarious Voice or Precarious Noise?; Lauri Siisiäinen
       Part III
   12. Precarious Struggles in Italy; Donatella della Porta, Simone Baglioni and Herbert Reiter
   13. The Many Frames of Precarious Condition. Some Insights from Italian Mobilization against Precarity; Alice Mattoni
   14. The transformation of jobless' movement and the segregation of the unemployed in Finland since the 1990s; Martti Siisiäinen, Eeva Luhtakallio and Tomi Kankainen
   15. Varieties of precarious workers' unionism: Greece and Italy compared; Markos Vogiatzoglou
   16. The Making and Unmaking of Precarity: Some Concluding Remarks; Donatella della Porta, Sakari Hänninen, Martti Siisiäinen and Tiina Silvasti