Security Capital in the Field of Work
A Bourdieuian Perspective on Precarity and Social Inequality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yue Qin (0000-0002-6480-8311, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1373-1393 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-14 |
| 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 | 10.1177/09500170251343280 |
| OpenAlex | W4411299099 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 84 |
Drawing on Bourdieu's theories of field and capital, this article proposes the concept of security capital for a better understanding of precarity in the field of work. Three indicators are put forward to characterise the level of precarity - employment-based security capital, citizenship-based security capital and embodied security capital. Additionally, the notion of security capital stresses the reproduction of precarity, an important case of precarisation, and this article provides two important mechanisms underlying this process - the embodiment of precarity and the conversion between security capital and other forms of capital. Moreover, the Bourdieuian perspective on the state and its relations with security capital sheds light on how people can mobilise the state to shift neoliberal policymaking and safeguard labour security
Capital (architecture · Economics · Field (mathematics · Geography · Inequality · Labour economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Precarity · Social capital · Social inequality · Social science · Social security · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Mathematics · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |