The authors report 5 studies that demonstrate that manhood, in contrast to womanhood, is seen as a precarious state requiring continual social proof and validation. Because of this precariousness, they argue that men feel especially threatened by challenges to their masculinity. Certain male-typed behaviors, such as physical aggression, may result from this anxiety. Studies 1-3 document a robus...

This article explores the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on freelancers in UK television industry. Precarious careers are a dominant feature sector and result deregulation 1990s. Employment working practices which reproduce precarity lead to exploitation workers, discrimination exclusion those who do not fit perceived norms. Drawing in-depth interviews with workers based northern England, we demon...

Spending on active labour market policies (ALMPs) has increased across Europe following the 2007 flexicurity strategy which emphasised smooth and rapid transitions from unemployment to work. Despite broad scholarly coverage of activation turn, connection between changes in non-standard employment remains unclear. Applying random effects within-between regression analysis, this paper finds that ...

This article discusses the relevance of Gram Swaraj or village self-governance and rural industries in context pandemic-ravaged countries like India. Drawing mainly from Gandhian ideas secondary sources, it impact on informal sector workers, their rural–urban–rural migration precarious livelihood question, need for adaptation application ideas. The analysis has implications considering these cr...

Purpose Self-employment is considered one of the responses to precarious employment, particularly among those who lost jobs during an economic crisis. Although starting a new business widely available, operating ventures remains challenging. This article aims explore premises self-employment success, namely intention and proactive coping as crucial predictors further performance. Design/methodo...

Rising self-employment may indicate growing precarity. This article investigates poverty in the UK using a large-scale official household survey for 2010 to 2019 through focus on material deprivation. The principal finding is that, after controlling selective nature of self-employment, self-employed households experience higher levels deprivation than employed ones. particularly so those withou...

This personal reflective piece explores precarity in academic libraries from the perspective of someone who has been a precariously employed librarian, but shifted to more stable employment. The detrimental aspects precarious work are explored, both relation individuals and institutions that hire precariously. There is discussion lack attention paid this critical topic, call for those with secu...