Understanding Debates over, and Usage of, Concepts of Precarity and Precarious Work in Social Science Research
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Several social scientific disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, social policy, and political science, use the terms precarious work, precariat, precarity, and precariousness, with ambiguous meanings in policy interventions. This article attempts to clarify multiple perspectives and discussions surrounding this subject, including: 1) the ontology of relationships with human conditions and lives, considering life security and stability as both naturally occurring and influenced by social structures and norms, while also being subject to flexploitation; and 2) an analysis of the dangerous class in the new social structure in the context of neoliberal globalization, along with an examination of precarious work in Asian nations. In addition, an analytical perspective on precarity is presented, pertaining to other aspects unrelated to work and labor. This concept is disconnected from policy practices, the labor administration system, and labor statistics, which operate within a dualistic framework that separates formal and informal labor.
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