The Public and Private Life World of the Precariat: Main Features and Landmarks

Occupation: Scientific Director and Head of Chair of Theory and History of Sociology; Chief Researcher
Affiliation:
Russian State University for the Humanities
Institute of Sociology of FCTAS RAS
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 11

Pages

24-36

Abstract

The article analyzes the public and private life world of the precariat, a new emerging (proto)class, which currently includes about half of the economically active population in Russia. The life world of the precariat, its social position as the largest social community in Russian society is examined and compared with data for the entire economically active population, as well as with other communities and groups. An answer is given to the question of what is the attitude of the precarians to the ongoing macro-economic, macro-social and macro-political problems when a person acts as a citizen of the country. The social position of the employee as a resident of the administrative territory and his concerns at this level of social organization of society are also analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the characterization of the socio-economic position of precarians as workers within the framework of the problems that concern them in labor organizations. Finally, it analyzes the private life of people as participants in interpersonal relationships and contacts. This approach allows us to more fully characterize the life world of the precariat, to identify its landmarks, including taking into account the specifics of employment in various sectors (spheres) of the economy. The main features and prospects of public and private life of precarians, costs and deformation processes influencing the normalization of their life world are characterized.

Keywords

sociology of life, precariat, life world, public life, private life, citizen, resident, worker, micro-environment

Acknowledgment

This article was written with the support of the Russian Science Foundation No. 18-18-00024.

Received

24.11.2021

Publication date

22.12.2021

Number of characters

32614

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GOST	Toschenko Z. The Public and Private Life World of the Precariat: Main Features and Landmarks // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2021. – Issue 11 C. 24-36 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250016200-3-1-en (circulation date: 02.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250016200-3
MLA	Toschenko, Zhan T "The Public and Private Life World of the Precariat: Main Features and Landmarks." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 11 (2021):24-36. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250016200-3
APA	Toschenko Z. (2021). The Public and Private Life World of the Precariat: Main Features and Landmarks. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (11), pp.24-36 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250016200-3

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