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Employment Insecurity and the Frayed American Dream[Gratitude ].
- Source :
- Sociology Compass; Sep2014, Vol. 8 Issue 9, p1083-1099, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper reviews literature on employment insecurity and situates objective and subjective employment insecurity in the context of the contemporary economy. I draw on the argument about shifting social contracts to explain both real and perceived pervasive employment insecurity and the frayed American Dream. Employment insecurity derives from the macro-economic changes that produced the social structure of accumulation identified as flexible accumulation that requires employment insecurity as both a form of labor discipline and profit-enhancing strategy. This paper argues that contemporary employment insecurity is both objective and subjective and affects how individuals understand their world and their selves. To this latter point, I look at research on generational differences in the experience of employment insecurity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- JOB security
SOCIAL contract
SOCIAL structure
SOCIAL change
NEOLIBERALISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17519020
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sociology Compass
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 98255383
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12200