Gramsci, Polanyi and the Labor Politics of Social Protection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13120046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Arnold (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 441-462 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Labor and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2471-4607 • E-ISSN: 2667-3657 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/24714607-bja10152 |
| OpenAlex | W4401229307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
The works of Polanyi and Gramsci, taken together, help us to disentangle the multiple understands of and politics around social protection. Despite Gramsci’s convincing analysis of hegemony as the organization of class struggle within limits of capitalism, he does not have a theory of counterhegemony. Polanyi, meanwhile, does not focus attention on the power of capitalist hegemony, yet his displacement of experience from production to exchange creates the grounds for a potential counterhegemony. The article analyzes how, despite apparent efforts to de-commodify labor and social protections, precarity has become more deeply engrained among the laboring poor. While precarity is not necessarily new to populations across the South, the way in which commodification has become hegemonic is, and the objective of the article is to better understand the role of social protection in shaping workers’ experiences, and consider potential strategic directions to advance universal social protection
Capitalism · Commodification · Economics · Economy · Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Precarity · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |