{"product_id":"the-precarious-migrant-worker-the-socialization-of-precarity-hardback-9781509564989","title":"The Precarious Migrant Worker; The Socialization of Precarity (Hardback) 9781509564989","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Precarious Migrant Worker\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Socialization of Precarity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePanos Theodoropoulos (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509564989, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This engaging ethnography of low-wage migrants highlights the contradiction between workers' acute consciousness of exploitation and the conspicuous absence of unions or social movements in their communities. Against this bleak backdrop, Theodoropoulos dissects the logic of migrants' reliance on individualistic survival strategies rather than collective mobilization.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Milkman, City University of New York Graduate Center and former President of the American Sociological Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This is a \u003cb\u003eBook of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e for me [...] Brilliantly researched and original.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHsiao-Hung Pai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This text can be a difficult read at times, not due to any academic elitism, but to the contrary because it expresses so clearly the scars of capitalism on real people's lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIWW\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eIndustrial Workers of the World\u003c\/i\u003e) Book Recommendation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"a valuable contribution\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"The Precarious Migrant Worker has many qualities that position it to become a classic of 21st century ethnography\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWork, Employment and Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMigrant workers in the West are at the frontline of the precarious condition that is coming to dominate social and economic life in neoliberal societies. Yet despite the highly insecure and exploitative working conditions they routinely face, labour mobilizations by precarious workers are rare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this immersive portrait of the daily realities of precarious migrant labour, Panos Theodoropoulos found work in Glasgow’s warehouses, factories and kitchens to uncover the ways that precarity is lived and contested. Connecting the realms of structure, subjectivity and culture, his analysis shows that precarity not only dictates workers’ labour conditions, but socializes them in an individualist, survival-oriented struggle that erodes solidarities and enforces its own neoliberal logic. Crucially, however, precarity and the wider neoliberal culture are unable to erase workers’ material awareness and experience of class injustice. This points to the possibility of forging strong connections and methods of resistance, firmly grounded in the lives and communities of precarious workers. \u003c\/p\u003e Blending interviews, ethnographic notes and social theory, \u003ci\u003eThe Precarious Migrant Worker\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique glimpse into our increasingly precarious social reality and will be a valuable resource for scholars, students and activists interested in issues of migration, precarity and resistance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: 'We Were Always Migrants'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Precarious Condition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Socialization of Precarity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Precarious Migrant Subject\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Solidarities and Resistances\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Towards Community Embeddedness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/polity-books-backend.prod.politybooks.wiley.host\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THEODOROPOULOS-Methodology-Appendix.pdf\"\u003eMethodology Appendix\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501436989720,"sku":"9781509564989","price":45.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509564989.jpg?v=1786238673","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-precarious-migrant-worker-the-socialization-of-precarity-hardback-9781509564989","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}