The precariat: The new dangerous class

Standing, Guy

Abstract

For the first time in history, the mainstream left has no progressive agenda. It has forgotten a basic principle. Every progressive political movement has been built on the anger, needs and aspirations of the emerging major class. Today that class is the precariat.

Citation

Standing, G. (2011). The precariat: The new dangerous class. Policy network,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 24, 2011
• Deposit Date: Mar 15, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 11, 2025
• Journal: Policy Network
• Print ISSN: 1472-0027
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: precariat, basic income, social democracy, Policy Network, precarity trap, populism, class fragmentation, squeezed middle
• Publisher URL: http://www.policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4004&title=+The+Precariat+%E2%80%93+The+new+dangerous+class