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Dynamics of precarity among ‘new migrants’: exploring the worker–capital relation through mobilities and mobility power

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  • Tom Vickers
  • John Clayton
  • Hilary Davison
  • Lucinda Hudson
  • Maria A Cañadas
  • Paul Biddle
  • Sara Lilley

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This article conceptualises the role of mobilities within precarious working and living conditions, drawing on qualitative analysis of interviews (n = 52) and a policy seminar (n = 50) in North-East England. It focuses on refugees, asylum seekers, and Eastern European EU migrants, as policy-constructed groups that have been identified as disproportionately concentrated in precarious work. The article develops three ‘dynamics of precarity’, defined as ‘surplus’, ‘rooted’, and ‘hyper-flexible’, to conceptualise distinct ways of moving that represent significant variations in the form that precarity takes. The article concludes that understanding precarity through mobilities can identify points of connection among today’s increasingly heterogeneous working class.

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  • Tom Vickers & John Clayton & Hilary Davison & Lucinda Hudson & Maria A Cañadas & Paul Biddle & Sara Lilley, 2019. "Dynamics of precarity among ‘new migrants’: exploring the worker–capital relation through mobilities and mobility power," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(5), pages 696-714, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:14:y:2019:i:5:p:696-714
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2019.1611028
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    1. Laura Lam & Anna Triandafyllidou, 2024. "Road to nowhere or to somewhere? Migrant pathways in platform work in Canada," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 56(4), pages 1150-1169, June.

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