The Moral Economy of Solidarity
A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs Teachers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374365 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharon C Bolton (0009-0004-9938-5381, University of Stirling), Knut Laaser (0000-0002-3230-3423, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus–Senftenberg, Germany; University of Stirling, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-72 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017019871237 |
| OpenAlex | W3001918377 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 22 |
Based on a longitudinal study of a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) in England for children excluded from mainstream schools and utilising a moral economy lens, this article explores how solidarity is created and maintained in a very particular community of teachers and learning support assistants (LSAs). A moral economy approach highlights the centrality of people's moral norms and values for understanding the multi-layered dimensions of solidarity in organisations and how it changes in the context of transformations in the labour process. The article illustrates how teachers and LSAs rely on mutuality, underpinned by moral norms of justice, and values of care, dignity and recognition, to cope with physically and emotionally demanding work that is under-resourced and undervalued. The analysis reveals that solidarity is not only against unjust workplace regimes, but also for connectivity and a humanised labour process
Context (archaeology · Dignity · Mainstream · Moral economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Solidarity · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work Education and Practice
You don’t look sick
‘We All Stand Together’ (Or Do We?)
Interwoven, cross-sector, situational and enduring solidarities
The relational work of compassion and toxicity at a pupil referral unit
Favours within 'the tribe
The Shifting Labour Process in Professional Care
Solidarities In and Through Work in an Age of Extremes
Moralischverletzt – Berufsethische Ansprüche und die Artikulation kollektiver Ungerechtigkeitserfahrungen von Pflegekräften während der Coronapandemie
Lay Moralities of Young Workers and the Moral Economy of Service Labour
Sociologia do trabalho e desigualdade social
Bubbles of Belonging at Work
Market Dependence as a Boundary Construction for Work Solidarity with the Solo Self-employed
Sustaining Solidarity through Social Media? Employee Social-Media Groups as an Emerging Platform for Collectivism in Pakistan
Inter-Union Solidarity and Strategic Group Identity
Welfare, Work and the Conditions of Social Solidarity
Flip the System
Strikes and Solidarity
Cultures of Solidarity
Rethinking Industrial Relations
Searching for injustice and finding solidarity? A contribution to the mobilisation theory debate
Moral economy and employment
The Moral Significance of Class
Why Things Matter to People
Moral projects and compromise resistance
The “Datafication” of Teaching
The Division of Labour in Society
If you are having a go at me, I am going to have a go at you
The close supervision of further education lecturers
Work, employment and society through the lens of moral economy
Teachers, workforce remodelling and the challenge to labour process analysis
From Class Consciousness to Culture, Action, and Social Organization
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |