Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain

This article addresses the historical significance of the increasing precariousness of labor, even in the most advanced economies. Given the sterility of the mainstream approach, based on methodological individualism, we start from a Marxist critique of political economy, focusing on the laws that g...

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Autores: Vicent Valverde, Lucía, Arrizabalo Montoro, Xabier, Patricia Pinto
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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spelling Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and SpainVicent Valverde, LucíaArrizabalo Montoro, XabierPatricia Pinto339.9J21J81J31J83Mercado de trabajoUnión EuropeaPrecariedad laboralEconomía internacionalEstadísticas e indicadores sociales5310.91 Economía Internacional: Área EuropeaThis article addresses the historical significance of the increasing precariousness of labor, even in the most advanced economies. Given the sterility of the mainstream approach, based on methodological individualism, we start from a Marxist critique of political economy, focusing on the laws that govern the process of capitalist accumulation and its contradictions. Within the framework of these laws, we analyze the tendency of labor exploitation to increase in a capitalist economy, linked to the exigencies of profitability due to the increasing difficulties of the valorization of capital. The precariousness of labor is studied around some of the main forms it adopts in three European economies: mini-jobs in Germany, “zero-hours contracts” in the United Kingdom, and false self-employment, together with internship and training contracts, in Spain. Based on theoretical and empirical analysis, several conclusions are proposed to understand the extension and deepening of labor precariousness, built on the notions of overexploitation and destruction of productive forces, linked to current demands of capitalist accumulation.WileyUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20192019-01-2320192019-01-23journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133001reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1330012026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
title Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
spellingShingle Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
Vicent Valverde, Lucía
339.9
J21
J81
J31
J83
Mercado de trabajo
Unión Europea
Precariedad laboral
Economía internacional
Estadísticas e indicadores sociales
5310.91 Economía Internacional: Área Europea
title_short Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
title_full Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
title_fullStr Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
title_full_unstemmed Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
title_sort Historical Significance of Labor’s Increased Precariousness in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vicent Valverde, Lucía
Arrizabalo Montoro, Xabier
Patricia Pinto
author Vicent Valverde, Lucía
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Arrizabalo Montoro, Xabier
Patricia Pinto
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Patricia Pinto
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 339.9
J21
J81
J31
J83
Mercado de trabajo
Unión Europea
Precariedad laboral
Economía internacional
Estadísticas e indicadores sociales
5310.91 Economía Internacional: Área Europea
topic 339.9
J21
J81
J31
J83
Mercado de trabajo
Unión Europea
Precariedad laboral
Economía internacional
Estadísticas e indicadores sociales
5310.91 Economía Internacional: Área Europea
description This article addresses the historical significance of the increasing precariousness of labor, even in the most advanced economies. Given the sterility of the mainstream approach, based on methodological individualism, we start from a Marxist critique of political economy, focusing on the laws that govern the process of capitalist accumulation and its contradictions. Within the framework of these laws, we analyze the tendency of labor exploitation to increase in a capitalist economy, linked to the exigencies of profitability due to the increasing difficulties of the valorization of capital. The precariousness of labor is studied around some of the main forms it adopts in three European economies: mini-jobs in Germany, “zero-hours contracts” in the United Kingdom, and false self-employment, together with internship and training contracts, in Spain. Based on theoretical and empirical analysis, several conclusions are proposed to understand the extension and deepening of labor precariousness, built on the notions of overexploitation and destruction of productive forces, linked to current demands of capitalist accumulation.
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