Prekarisering har indtil for nyligt overvejende været forbundet med betingelser for kortuddannede og i en europæisk kontekst primært lokaliseret til sydeuropæiske lande. Men analyser peger på, at prekarisering har bredt sig til nordeuropæiske lande og til mange sektorer og faggrupper, herunder akademikere. Der er imidlertid kun i begrænset omfang forsket i prekarisering og akademisk arbejde, ligesom der i mindre omfang er forsket i de subjektive konsekvenser af prekariseringen. Artiklen fremlægger resultater fra et forskningsprojekt med empirisk omdrejningspunkt i, hvordan prekarisering opleves og håndteres af akademikere, der lever med midlertidige og usikre ansættelsesforhold .
This chapter discusses the relevance of the concept of 'precarity', understood as work conditioned by a lack of security and predictability, in a Nordic context, and links precariousness to both formal work arrangements and to experiences of insecurity. How is precarization of employment expressed in Norway and Denmark? Is the Nordic model resilient to precarization? Framing the discussion in a global perspective, comparable international statistics on frequently used measures of precariousness confirm the image of the Nordic countries as top of the class. The Nordic model of cooperation between the state, strong employers' associations and relatively strong employee unions is often credited as the reason. However, we argue that the Nordic model is continuously subject to renegotiation. Decreasing union density, increasing individualization, increasing inequality and the consequent polarization of working life pose real possibilities of precarization of work also in the Nordic countries.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the Nordic tradition of Critical Utopian Action Research (CUAR) and to demonstrate how CUAR might reinvigorate participatory democracy as an intrinsic characteristic of social enterprise. This leads us to sketch out the beginnings of how researchers might work with communities to help realise their democratic impulses through social enterprise. Design/methodology/approach This paper aims to synthesise the participatory action research literature, particularly CUAR, with literature on social enterprise and democracy to demonstrate how the two approaches might fruitfully be combined. Findings The authors show how CUAR might be utilised by researchers, to articulate new social enterprise organisational responses to local problems or to reinvigorate democracy within existing social enterprises. Originality/value This exploratory paper marks (we believe) the first attempt to bring together social enterprise and CUAR.
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