Few ideas are more contested today than "class." Some have declared its death, while others insist on its centrality to contemporary capitalism. It is said its relevance is limited to explaining individuals' economic conditions and opportunities, while at the same time argued that it is a structural feature of macro-power relations. In Understanding Class, leading left sociologist Erik Olin Wright interrogates the divergent meanings of this fundamental concept in order to develop a more integrated framework of class analysis. Beginning with the treatment of class in Marx and Weber, proceeding through the writings of Charles Tilly, Thomas Piketty, Guy Standing, and others, and finally examining how class struggle and class compromise play out in contemporary society, Understanding Class provides a compelling view of how to think about the complexity of class in the world today.

Guy Standings «The Precariat. The New Dangerous Class» kommer nå endelig i norsk utgave. Prekariatet er en klasse i vekst. Til forskjell fra industrisamfunnets arbeiderklasse, er prekariatet en langt mer uensartet gruppe. Det som danner grunnlaget for å snakke om prekariatet som en klasse er fellesnevnere som økonomisk utrygghet, usikre ansettelsesforhold og begrensede borgerrettigheter med sosial uro og destabilitet som konsekvens.

Guy Standing reveals the devastating effects of the construction of a global market economy. At the heart of the problem is the construction by successive governments, working in the interests of elites, of the most unfree market system ever created. A system in which property, financial, physical and intellectual, is controlled by a tiny but enormously powerful rentier class.

Prekär" betyder "mycket bekymmersam". Och den nya samhällsklass som utvecklingsekonomen Guy Standing kallar "prekariatet" har det just bekymmersamt. Det handlar om den växande skara människor som tvingas underkasta sig osäkra anställningsvillkor och stå ut med kortvariga och dåligt betalda arbeten utan att kunna hoppas på någon förbättring ens på lång sikt. På en osäker arbetsmarknad där flexibilitet och anpassningsvilja har upphöjts till norm får prekariatets medlemmar betala ett högt pris i form av social marginalisering och fysisk och psykisk ohälsa. Arbetslivets fortlöpande fragmentarisering gör det dessutom svårt för prekariatet att förbättra sina villkor på arbetarklassens traditionella vis, genom klassmedveten solidaritet och politisk pragmatism.Som ett resultat av detta kan prekariatet bli ett lätt byte för populism av olika slag; otrygga och frustrerade människor vill ibland ha snabba och enkla svar på komplicerade frågor. De många migranterna inom prekariatet löper en särskilt stor risk att hamna i ett permanent politiskt utanförskap, i en undanskymd verklighet vid sidan av det etablerade samhället.Men prekariatets farhågor och förhoppningar skulle också kunna utgöra en grogrund för en fördjupad politisk reflektion, menar Standing. Och till och med skapa grundvalen för en ny radikal politik, en "paradispolitik" med trygghet och solidaritet i fokus.Guy Standing är professor vid SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) vid Londons universitet."'Prekariatet' är den bästa sammanfattning jag hittills läst om den splittrade globala klasstrukturen som nu ritar om en hel värld." /Åsa Linderborg i Aftonbladet"Men plötsligt händer något. Bilden blir synlig, och vad som överraskar är inte själva motivet i sig utan den tydlighet med vilket det nu framstår. Varför såg vi inte detta tidigare?" /Sofia Näsström i SvD

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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 more stable labour identity. His concept and his conclusions have been widely taken up by thinkers from Noam Chomsky to Zygmunt Bauman, by political activists and by policy-makers. This new book takes the debate a stage further, looking in more detail at the kind of progressive politics that might form the vision of a Good Society in which such inequality, and the instability it produces, is reduced. A Precariat Charter discusses how rights - political, civil, social and economic - have been denied to the Precariat, and argues for the importance of redefining our social contract around notions of associational freedom, agency and the commons.

First published in 2011 The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity, moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives. Standing warns that the growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. Its internal divisions have led to the villainization of migrants and other vulnerable groups and some are susceptible to the dangers of political extremism. Standing argues for a new politics which puts the fears and aspirations of the precariat at the heart of a progressive strategy of redistribution and income security.The precariat is an increasingly global phenomenon, highly visible in the ongoing migrant crisis and protest movements around the world. In a new preface for the Revelations edition Guy Standing discusses recent political developments and their effect on the precariat.

Neo-liberal policies and institutional changes have produced a huge and growing number of people with sufficiently common experiences to be called an emerging class. In this book Guy Standing introduces what he calls the Precariat - a growing number of people across the world living and working precariously, usually in a series of short-term jobs, without recourse to stable occupational identities, stable social protection or protective regulations relevant to them. They include migrant workers, but also locals. Standing argues that this class of people could produce new instabilities in socie

This book attempts to explore the effects of neoliberalism on particular forms of community. Guy Standing (2011) has popularised the notion of precariousness to describe the unpredictable neoliberal conditions faced by radically different people throughout the world. Members of Standing's `precariat' lack occupational identities, treat work and other moneymaking activities instrumentally, are focused on the short-term and have no `shadow of the future' hanging over their actions, leaving little incentive to sustain long-term relationships and productive, but unpaid, social activities. This issue presents an interdisciplinary account of the challenges faced by communities at a time in which neoliberalism seems unchecked and uncheckable by the rise of nationalist populism. At points, responses are presented, but it is perhaps reflective of the general sense of helplessness of those committed to tackling neoliberalism that the final article highlights serious deficits in an approach commonly presented as a practicable response: basic income. In the spirit of participation, each article is accompanied by a reply by a non-academic as well as an academic. This ought not to be seen as tokenism - the experience of the project has been that discussions can be advanced much more effectively through engagement with community members and professionals.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Global Discourse.

Shouldn't everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all? What would this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? Basic Income is a regular cash transfer from the state, received by all individual citizens. It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed only by a few. Political parties across the world are now adopting it as official policy and the idea generates headlines every day. Guy Standing has been at the forefront of thought about Basic Income for the past thirty years, and in this book he covers in authoritative detail its effects on the economy, poverty, work and labour; dissects and disproves the standard arguments against Basic Income; explains what we can learn from pilots across the world and illustrates exactly why a Basic Income has now become such an urgent necessity.

In Confronting Dystopia, a distinguished group of scholars analyze the implications of the ongoing technological revolution for jobs, working conditions, and income. Focusing on the economic and political implications of AI, digital connectivity, and robotics for both the Global North and the Global South, they move beyond diagnostics to seek solutions that offer better lives for all. Their analyses of the challenges of technology are placed against the backdrop of three decades of rapid economic globalization. The two in tandem are producing the daunting challenges that analysts and policymakers must now confront.The conjuncture of recent advances in AI, machine learning, and robotization portends a vast displacement of human labor, argues the editor, Eva Paus. As Confronting Dystopia shows, we are on the eve of-indeed we are already amid-a technological revolution that will impact profoundly the livelihoods of people everywhere in the world.Across a broad and deep set of topics, the contributors explore whether the need for labor will inexorably shrink in the coming decades, how pressure on employment will impact human well-being, and what new institutional arrangements-a new social contract, for example, will be needed to sustain livelihoods. They evaluate such proposals as a basic income, universal social services, and investments that address key global challenges and create new jobs.Contributors:Vandana Chandra, Mignon Duffy, Dieter Ernst, Vincent Ferraro, Martin Ford, Juliana Martinez Franzoni, Irmgard Nubler, Robert Pollin, David Rueda, Diego Sanchez-Ancochea, Guy Standing, Stefan Thewissen

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The definitive encyclopedia for the science fiction fanatic. From Barbarella to Blade Runner , from Solaris to Star Wars , and from 1984 to 2001 , Sci-Fi Chronicles seeks out 200 of the greatest galactic creations. Presented in an arresting blend of incisive text, infographic timelines, and stunning photographs, each chronologically arranged entry features an entertaining overview written by a science fiction expert, plus: The lifespan of sci-fi creations, for example, from book to movie to television series Other key media, such as comics, graphic novels, video games, manga, where appropriate Film and television stills, book and comic covers, and other archive material. Larger franchises -- such as Doctor Who and The War of the Worlds -- feature lavish spreads of photographs illustrating how they have evolved from black-and-white beginnings to big-budget blockbusters. Seminal sagas like Star Wars and Star Trek enjoy not only a "real world" timeline of films and TV broadcasts, but also a fascinating spread detailing their role in the series' fictional universe. The book is divided into five distinct sections: Early Science Fiction: The Birth of a Genre, 1818-1940 including Frankenstein , Journey to the Center of the Earth , A Connecticut Yankee , The Time Machine , The Lost World, Tarzan The Golden Age: 1920-1950 including Karel Capek, Metropolis , Buck Rogers, Olaf Stapledon, King Kong , Flash Gordon , Frederick Pohl, The Thing , Batman , Stan Lee, Arthur C. Clarke, George Orwell The Era of the Atom: The Marvels and Perils of Science, 1950- 1970 including Dan Dare, Quatermass , The Fly , The Twilight Zone , Solaris , The Jetsons , Barbarella , Dune , Soylent Green , Logan's Run , Land of the Giants , The Iron Man , A Boy and His Dog Dark Futures: Apocalypse and the War in Space, 1970-1990 including The Stepford Wives , Moebius , Star Wars , Judge Dredd , Mork and Mindy , V , Neuromancer , Back to the Future , Red Dwarf The Adventure Continues: Modern Science Fiction, 1990-Present including Jurassic Park , Men in Black , Doom , Babylon 5 , Stargate , The Matrix , Halo , Jericho , The Hunger Games , Fringe , Wall-E , Avatar . Sci-Fi Chronicles is a truly international guide, with entries focusing on everything from Hollywood blockbusters to Russian cult classics, and from European literature to Australian franchises. It is perfect for dipping into, while its memory-jogging mentions and illustrations make it impossible to put down. It will delight long-standing sci-fi aficionados, yet with a scope that extends from vintage volumes to amazing anime, Sci-Fi Chronicles will also entrance a younger generation.

There was someone standing further along the beach, facing out to sea. An old man dressed in... I blinked... battle fatigues? Second World War U.S. by the looks of the helmet. I looked on for a moment, squinting into the sun-streaked coconut smoke.`You won't like Bonga's Guest House, I can tell you now. Maximo Bonga...'said the fisherman's wife. She was lost for words, shaking her head.`Maximum Bongo?' I asked.`Bonga,' she said. `It means flamboyant.'Based on a true storyOn one of South East Asia's most remote beaches, a young woman's body is found. The corrupt local police think they have found the perfect fall guy in Maximo Bonga - cantankerous World War Two veteran and owner of the weirdest guesthouse in town. But unbeknownst to them, an unlikely friendship has been forged between Maximo and John, one of the boarders of Maximo's guest-house-cum-boot-camp, where an old machine gun and camouflaged mantraps stand guard, sandbags form fences and a tyrannical pet rooster terrorises the guests. Along with an eccentric bunch of modern-world rejects, John sets out to defend the old soldier in a kangaroo court set up at the local cockpit, in a paradise like no other.

In Seattle, 1972, two teenage boys are standing at the start line of an 800m race. Neil Countryman is from the public high school in the north of the city. He slumps at his desk all day and gets high in the park at lunchtime, and wears a moustache that makes him look like the guy in the Camel cigarette ads. John William Barry is from Lakeside, a private academy for the more privileged of Seattle's youth. He is an earnest, fiery young man, and his family background is one of material wealth and emotional deprivation. As John William wins the race by a hair's breadth, their lives collide for the very first time, and it is the beginning of a friendship that is both fraught and intimate. Both boys have a taste for the wilderness, and they explore together the most remote areas of the mountains, the places ignored by guidebooks, where tracks and roads fade to nothing and all that can be seen is an endless unbroken density of trees. But as they grow older, John William's intense intelligence and craving for isolation mark him out as an eccentric, and as Neil begins to accumulate the more conventional comforts - a wife, a steady job - their lives begin to take radically different paths. Eventually, John William is to retreat permanently into his own self-made wilderness, and in doing so presents his oldest friend with a gift which will change his life for ever, bringing them both a notoriety that Neil had neither dreamed of nor hoped for.