‘Race’, employment and social change: A critique of current orthodoxies
‘Race’, employment and social change: A critique of current orthodoxies
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“种族”、就业和社会变革：对当前正统观念的批判
DOI：
10.1080/01419870600665243
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
S. Virdee
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作者：
S. Virdee
本文主要关注两个重要问题。首先，我们如何解释过去三十年来英国种族化的少数群体就业状况的变化？第二，为什么这些变化在不同的少数群体中以不同的速度发生？有人认为，亚洲个体经营的增加在很大程度上代表了工人阶级对新自由主义现代性下较差的就业条件的适应，而不是当前正统观点所声称的社会向上流动的证据。文章还认为，少数族裔在初级非体力工作中越来越多的代表是由围绕种族化的“黑人”身份的反种族主义激进主义所驱动的，并证实了“种族”在英国劳动力市场上的持续重要性。通过揭示不同少数群体的地理分布、他们的教育水平、反种族主义行动主义和种族主义之间的复杂关系，该研究确定了为什么不同少数群体的就业变化速度不同。
Abstract This article focuses on two important questions. First, how can we explain changes in the employment position of England's racialized minority groups over the past three decades? And second, why have these changes taken place at a different pace for different minority groups? It is argued that much of the increase in Asian self-employment represents working-class accommodation to the inferior conditions of employment available under neo-liberal modernity rather than evidence of upward social mobility as current orthodoxy claims. It is also contended that the growing representation of minorities in junior non-manual work was driven by anti-racist activism around a racialized ‘black’ identity and confirms the continuing significance of ‘race’ in the English labour market. By unravelling the complex relationship between the geographical distribution of different minority groups, their educational qualifications, anti-racist activism, and racism, the study establishes why such employment change has taken place at a different pace for different minority groups.