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Precarious Labor, South and North: An Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2016

Sarah Mosoetsa ,
Joel Stillerman  and
Chris Tilly
Sarah Mosoetsa
Affiliation:
University of the Witwatersrand
Joel Stillerman
Affiliation:
Grand Valley State University
Chris Tilly
Affiliation:
University of California at Los Angeles
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Abstract

This special issue on precarious labor in global perspective includes analyses of precarious work in South Africa, Mexico, the United States, China and India. The key strengths of the contributions to this issue are that they demonstrate precarious workers’ capacity for collective action, the hidden forms of work that are not tracked by states, long-term historical continuities of precarious work, and differences between precarious work in the Global North and South. This introduction explores the challenges of conceptualizing precarious work; the history of precarious labor; its variations in the Global North and South; possible differences across sectors of precarious work; and the intersections between precarious work and categories of gender, race, and citizenship status. We conclude with a summary of the articles included in the issue.

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Precarious Labor in Global Perspectives
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International Labor and Working-Class History , Volume 89: Precarious Labor in Global Perspectives , Spring 2016 , pp. 5 - 19
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Copyright © International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc. 2016 

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