(Im)Possible selves in the Swiss labour market: Temporalities, immigration regulations, and the production of precarious workers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.016
Abstract: Abstract This paper uses a temporal perspective to explore the relationship between immigration regulations and the production of precarious workers. More specifically, I draw on the concept of possible selves to analyse biographical interviews with… read more here.
Keywords: possible selves; precarious workers; labour market; regulations production ... See more keywords
Professors-in-Training or Precarious Workers? Identity, Coalition Building, and Social Movement Unionism in the 2015 University of Toronto Graduate Employee Strike
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DOI: 10.1177/0160449x17731877
Abstract: In this article, I argue that graduate employees took on the political identity of precarious workers who face job insecurity and income insecurity, drawing attention to the casualization of work in the academic labor market… read more here.
Keywords: precarious workers; movement unionism; graduate; social movement ... See more keywords