Abstract: It is widely acknowledged
that the closing decades of the twentieth century, and the early decades of the
twenty-first century, have been marked by growing economic insecurity across
the globe. But how we understand this process is highly contested. What are the
sources of economic insecurity? To what extent do contemporary forms of
economicand political organisation mark a break from the past? What analytical
tools do we need to make sense of the current moment? Are new concepts needed,
or will well-established concepts suffice? What are the implications of growing
economic insecurity for questions of agency, solidarity, class struggle and
social change? How does economic insecurity relate to various forms of
collective organisation such as trade unions, political parties and
community-based organisations?
