The Condition of the Post-Keynesian Worker: the Precariat against the Neoliberal Counterrevolution

Authors

  • Verna Alcalde González Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/revintpensampolit.5611

Keywords:

work, proletariat, cognitariat, precariat, neoliberalism

Abstract

This essay analyses the situation of wage labour after the neoliberal offensive against the welfare state and the forms of organization of the working class. To do this, the most relevant theories about changes in the world of work since the 1970s are reviewed. Special attention is paid to Standing’s precariat and the criticism it has generated in order to weigh its potential as a revulsive against the power of the neoliberal counterrevolution. Finally, the use of the concepts of precarity and precariat is suggested as an interpellation that agglutinates different social fractions in the current cycle of labour and social struggles.

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Published

2021-01-28

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Alcalde González, V. . (2021). The Condition of the Post-Keynesian Worker: the Precariat against the Neoliberal Counterrevolution. International Journal of Political Thought, 15, 287–304. https://doi.org/10.46661/revintpensampolit.5611

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Vol. 15 (2020): Volumen 15 (2020)

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Estudios Varios

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