Descripción del proyecto
Trabajo precario y cambio social
El aumento de la competitividad mundial hace que el mercado laboral recurra a menudo a contratos de trabajo informal y temporal. Esta ausencia de estabilidad en el trabajo o en los ingresos se denomina precariedad, la cual afecta a una buena parte de la población activa en todo el mundo. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos COLLECTITUDE se propone estudiar la relación existente entre la precarización y la transformación social. Se ejecutarán así análisis comparativos en Portugal dedicados al sector de la construcción (gran proporción de trabajadores poco cualificados y mal remunerados) y la industria creativa (altas cualificaciones pero trabajo inestable). El proyecto investigará la economía política de la precarización, sus efectos en los medios de vida, y la forma en la que las economías sociales y de solidaridad evolucionan en condiciones precarias. Los resultados permitirán anticipar el futuro de la realidad laboral.
Objetivo
The COLLECTITUDE project aims to analyse current andThe COLLECTITUDE project aims to analyse current and future transformations in the world of work at times of precarity, by researching the relationship between precarisation, on the one hand, and agency and social change, on the other, developing a new analytical perspective that is able to articulate this double movement and to capture both national and transnational social processes underway. It will address this double movement by focusing on the case of Portugal and by undertaking a comparative analysis of two professional groups that occupy a specific space in current models of capitalism, assuming a set of common trends throughout various countries, while representing two distinct sectors of the workforce: the construction industry, a labour-intensive sector, whose jobs are mostly unskilled, low-wage and insecure; and the creative industry, whose work is highly qualified, though intermittent and often unprotected. The project will be developed at a civil society organisation (A3S) and proposes an interdisciplinary, participatory and multi-method approach, involving a systematic process of progressive focusing: collection and analysis of quantitative macro data; ethnography of project work, based on participant observation and in-depth interviews; document analysis; and focus groups. The project will investigate: a) the political economy of precarity, and its relation with project work; b) the relationship between the precariousness of work and the precarity of livelihoods; c) how collective agency and different initiatives of social and solidarity economy unfold under precarious forms of labour; d) paths of intervention, updating the debates on the welfare state models. The final purpose is to advance knowledge on the futures of work and the future of social Europe, developing an analytical model for framing precarious work and collective agency and a social agenda for shaping the futures of work and society.
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MSCA-IF-EF-SE - Society and Enterprise panelCoordinador
4100 512 PORTO
Portugal