Work

Distinguishing Oneself in Law and Order Professions

Year: 2008

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Employed long term in precarity, construction workers have to endure many forms of humiliation: lies, verbal aggression, taunts, racist nicknames or insults, and so on. This humiliation acts as both cause and effect of the inferior job status of those targeted, and serves to remind them of the threat that accompanies precarity. Although they rarely confront their employers directly, construction workers maintain an invisible resistance that takes the form of withdrawals and defections.

Source: HAL

DOI: 10.3917/soco.072.0007

Authors: Proteau, Laurence, Pruvost, Geneviève

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre universitaire de recherches sur l'Action Publique et le Politique Épistémologie & Sciences Sociales, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Centre de Recherches Sociologiques sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales

Language: French

Topic: Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies

Subfield: Industrial relations

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2321114922

FWCI: 6.722

Cites: 3

Cited by: 48

Related to: 10