Marx and Engels’ concept of the “lumpenproletariat,” or underclass (an anglicized, politically neutral term), appears in The Communist Manifesto and other writings. It refers to “the dangerous class, the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest layers of old society,” whose lowly status made its residents potential tools of the capitalists against the w...(展开全部)

Described by Noam Chomsky as 'a very important book', Guy Standing's The Precariat has achieved cult status as the first account of this emerging class of people, facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. Guy Standing warns that the rapid growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. It is a dangerous class b...(展开全部)

First published in 2011 The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity, moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives. Standing warns that the growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. Its internal divisions have led to the villainization of migrants and other vulnerable...(展开全部)

盖伊·斯坦丁（Guy Standing），英国伦敦大学亚非学院经济学家，“基本收入地球网络”（BIEN）联合创始人、现任名誉联合主席。曾任巴斯大学经济安全教授，莫纳什大学劳动经济学教授，世界银行、联合国开发计划署和欧洲委员会等国际组织的顾问。著有《基本收入》等。

Described by Noam Chomsky as 'a very important book', Guy Standing's The Precariat has achieved cult status as the first account of this emerging class of people, facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. Guy Standing warns that the rapid growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. It is a dangerous class b...(展开全部)

盖伊·斯坦丁（Guy Standing），英国伦敦大学亚非学院经济学家，“基本收入地球网络”（BIEN）联合创始人、现任名誉联合主席。曾任巴斯大学经济安全教授，莫纳什大学劳动经济学教授，世界银行、联合国开发计划署和欧洲委员会等国际组织的顾问。著有《基本收入》等。

First published in 2011 The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity, moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives. Standing warns that the growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. Its internal divisions have led to the villainization of migrants and other vulnerable...(展开全部)

an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the Theory of Elitism and the doctrine of the Political class and is one of the three members constituting the Italian School of Elitists together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as...(展开全部)