How do precarious workers employed in call-centres, universities, the fashion industry and
many other labour markets organise, struggle and communicate to become recognised …

Over the past decades, a number of EU member states have recorded large rises in the use
of temporary employment. Young people are far more likely than other groups to be …

This contribution is focused on collective and individual stories of precarity in Italy. At the
present time, when work and the imaginaries socially constructed around it are more and …

The international mobility of young people from Europe's Mediterranean countries has
become an important topic in scientific debate. The issue has major reverberations in the …

In his recent work, Guy Standing has identified a new class which has emerged from neo-
liberal restructuring with, he argues, the revolutionary potential to change the world: the …

This research is about parents in precarious employment, as the intersection of parental
responsibilities and paid work represents a privileged site from which to explore the process …

The article illustrates the Italian process of work precarisation and the collective resistance of
precarious workers. It interprets them in terms of the birth of a collective identity that conducts …

A wide range of professions demands mobility as a requisite for “excellence”, success and
“good performance”. At the same time, more precarious and flexible conditions, ranging from …

Abstract Valli, C. 2017. Pushing borders. Cultural workers in the restructuring of post-
industrial cities. Geographica 14. 153 pp. Uppsala: Department of Social and Economic …

Il contributo vuole provare a misurarsi con le innovazioni organizzative introdotte dalle
piattaforme digitali a partire da una riflessione di più largo respiro in grado di posizionarle …