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Standing, Guy and Jandric, Petar (2015) 'Precariat, education and technologies: towards a global class identity.' Policy Futures in Education, 13 (8). pp. 990-994.

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Abstract

In this interview Guy Standing outlines the main links between the precariat and the universal basic income. He briefly comments on the relationships of his work to traditional Marxism, and expands his critique of the precariat towards information and communication technologies. He identifies common features of the global precariat, and links them to creation of a common global class identity. Moving on to transformative potentials of the universal basic income, he dismisses ancient labels and frameworks as unnecessary and potentially misleading, and calls for reinvention of the contemporary language of progress. Finally, he seeks critical emancipation of the precariat in urgent decommodification of all aspects of education and information.

Item Type: Journal Article
Additional Information: Published online before print March 31, 2015.
Keywords: precariat, basic income, class, information technology
SOAS Departments & Centres: Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > Department of Development Studies
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
ISSN: 14782103
Copyright Statement: Published online before print March 31, 2015.
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210315580206
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2015 10:19
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/19712
Related URLs: http://www.guystanding.com (Author URL)

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