Scientific Precariat

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Great British Class Survey

The Great British Class Survey (GBCS) was a survey of social class in the United Kingdom conducted in 2011. The survey was developed in collaboration with academics from the University of Manchester, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of York. The research has been published in the journal Sociology. The findings are also described in a book, Social Class in the 21st Century, by Mike Savage, Niall Cunningham, Fiona Devine, Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison, Lisa Mckenzie, Andrew Miles, Helene Snee and Paul Wakeling. The results released were based on a survey of 325,000 adults, 160,000 residents of Britain most of whom lived in England and described themselves as "white." Class as a multi-dimensional construct was defined and measured according to the amount and kind of economic, cultural, and social capital reported. Economic capital was defined as income and assets; cultural capital as amount and type of cultural interests and activities, and social capital as the quantity and social status of their friends, family and personal and business contacts. This theoretical framework was developed by Pierre Bourdieu who first published his theory of social distinction in 1979.

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• Towards Open Science: The Precariat as a Subject of Scientific Creativity

  scientific precariat as a free creative class, which having entered the scientific community, will give it a new creative potential.

• Reducing the precarity of academic research careers

  This report analyses academic research careers, with a focus on the “research precariat”, defined as postdoctoral researchers holding fixed-term positions without permanent or continuous employment prospects. It identifies policies and practices that aim to improve researchers’ well-being, develop more diverse, equitable and inclusive research systems, attract and retain the best talent in academia, and ultimately improve the quality of science. The report presents a conceptual framework and synthesis of available data and policy information. It draws on a survey of OECD countries that included country notes and interviews with policy officials, funders, representatives of research performing organisations and researchers. It offers recommendations and a set of policy options to improve [...] Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

• Precariat | Springer Nature Link

  The precariat refers to a group or class of people with insecure or precarious paid work with adverse impacts on income, well-being, and

• Precariat | Political Science | Research Starters | EBSCO Research

  RESEARCH STARTER # Precariat The term "precariat" describes a segment of the working class characterized by low-wage, part-time, or temporary jobs that provide little to no benefits. Emerging from the socio-economic theories of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and later popularized by British economist Guy Standing in 2011, the precariat reflects a growing class of workers facing increased financial insecurity and diminished socio-economic status. This phenomenon is thought to have intensified since the 1980s due to globalization, which introduced cheaper labor markets and shifted the dynamics of job security and wage levels. [...] 3 of 4 4 of 4 ## On This Page ## Full Article The term precariat refers to a segment of the working class that works low-wage jobs that may be part-time or temporary and offer few or no benefits. They experience greater financial insecurity and fewer prospects than other working-class individuals do. Experts believe the precariat is growing while also losing socioeconomic status. They suggest that governments around the world will need to take steps to address the situation and stabilize the working class. ### Overview [...] ## Related Articles (3) ## Full Article The term precariat refers to a segment of the working class that works low-wage jobs that may be part-time or temporary and offer few or no benefits. They experience greater financial insecurity and fewer prospects than other working-class individuals do. Experts believe the precariat is growing while also losing socioeconomic status. They suggest that governments around the world will need to take steps to address the situation and stabilize the working class. ### Overview

• Precariat - Wikipedia

  Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Class of wage-earners in a tenuous job situation close to unemployment Not to be confused with prokaryote. In sociology and economics, the precariat (/prɪˈkɛəriət/) is a social class formed by people suffering from precarity, which means existing without predictability or security, thereby affecting material or psychological well-being. The term is a portmanteau of precarious and proletariat. [...] The analysis of the results of the Great British Class Survey of 2013, a collaboration between the BBC and researchers from several UK universities, contended that there is a new model of class structure consisting of seven classes, ranging from the Elite at the top to the precariat at the bottom. The Precariat class was envisaged as "the most deprived British class of all with low levels of economic, cultural and social capital." This was contrasted with "the Technical Middle Class" in Great Britain, in that instead of having disposable income but no interests, people of the new Precariat Class have all sorts of potential activities they like to engage in but cannot do any of them because they have no money, insecure lives, and are usually trapped in old industrial parts of the country. [...] Unlike the proletariat of industrial workers in the 20th century, who lacked their own means of production and therefore sold their labor to survive, members of the precariat are only partially involved in labor. They must undertake extensive unremunerated activities that are essential to retaining access to jobs and decent earnings. Classic examples of such unpaid activities include continually searching for work (including preparing for and attending job interviews), as well as being expected to remain perpetually responsive to calls for "gig" work (yet without being paid an actual wage for being "on call").