07.05.2025

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

This book presents the Precariat – an emerging class, comprising the rapidly growing number of people facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives.

Guy Standing argues that this class is producing instabilities in society. Although it would be wrong to characterise members of the Precariat as helpless victims, many are frustrated and angry. The Precariat is dangerous because it is internally divided, leading to the villainisation of migrants and other vulnerable groups.

Lacking agency, its members may be susceptible to the siren calls of political extremism. To prevent a ‘politics of inferno’, Guy Standing argues for a ‘politics of paradise’, in which redistribution and income security are reconfigured in a new kind of Good Society, and in which the fears and aspirations of the Precariat are made central to a progressive strategy.

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Author: Guy Standing

The Be’eri book series on social democratic thought offers Hebrew readers the latest publications from Israel and around the world. Its goal is to initiate a public discourse, that in turn, contributes to the renewal and strengthening of social democracy in Israel. The Be’eri books are published by Kibbutz HaMeuhad in cooperation with the FES as part of the "Kav Adom" series.

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