Addendae 1
Book Edited by Incarcerated Writers Explores Oppression Beyond Prison Walls
“American Precariat” explores ways which people pushed to edge by myriad social ills
https://coffeehousepress.org/products/american-precariat-parables-of-exclusion
Precariat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precariat
* neologism; social class formed by people suffering f. precarity (existing w/o predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare)
#precarity #incarceration #poverty #PrisonIndustrialComplex #HumanRights #capitalism
Addendae 1 cont'd
American Precariat: U.S. Capitalism in Comparative Perspective
* addresses rise of “gig” work in context of much longer trend toward precarious forms of employment
* explores forces driving these developments, discusses problems they pose at both individual & national levels
* identifies structural factors exacerbating precarity & intensify its effects in U.S. political economy
#precarity #poverty #HumanRights #capitalism #GigWork #PoliticalEconomy
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