Trappmann, V orcid.org/0000-0002-7945-4536, Seehaus, A, Mrozowicki, A et al. (1 more author) (2021) The Moral Boundary Drawing of Class: Social Inequality and Young Precarious Workers in Poland and Germany. Sociology, 55 (3). pp. 451-468. ISSN 0038-0385
Abstract
This article explores the relational and moral aspects of the perception of class structure and class identifications by young people in objectively vulnerable labour market conditions in Poland and Germany. Drawing on 123 biographical interviews with young people in both countries, it demonstrates that young precarious Poles and Germans tend to identify themselves against the ‘middle class’ – understood variously in the two countries – and attribute the sources of economic wealth and social status in their societies to individual merits and entrepreneurship. Positioning oneself in the broad middle and limited identification with the precariat is explained by the youth transition phase, country-specific devaluation of class discourses and the effects of individualisation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | individualisation, meritocracy, moral boundary drawing, precarity, social class, social inequality, young workers |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2020 12:03 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2022 01:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0038038520985791 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:165513 |