The public spheres of unprotected workers

Bibliographic Data

ID12577645
AuthorsMatt Davies (0000-0002-8817-4376, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume19
Issue2
Pages131-154
Publication date2005-03-08
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-0826 • E-ISSN: 1469-798X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13600820500044845
OpenAlexW2018626927
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This article examines emergent forms of political subjectivity amongst subordinate social forces, focusing on how ‘unprotected’ workers in household relations of production can become political subjects antagonistic to world order. For unprotected workers the very lack of institutional protection makes articulating political demands risky. At the same time, the need to conceptualise the manner in which the workers in the households and in proximate forms of social relations of production become political subjects is increasingly urgent. The article begins by articulating a conception of the public sphere relevant to the forms of political subjectivity examined. The argument then proceeds to situate the family in the global political economy. Next, the article examines the circulation of women between the household and proximate forms of social relations of production. It is in this circulation that unprotected workers produce potential and emergent counter-public spheres needed for the forms of political subjectivity that challenge the dominant forces in world order

Argument (complex analysis · Circulation (fluid dynamics · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Epistemology · Ideology · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Production (economics · Public sphere · Separate spheres · Social order · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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