Publications and Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-6-2020
Abstract
This article analyzes how capitalism’s connection to economic insecurity can, rather than fomenting social unrest, facilitate its reproduction. Also responding to contrasts in the literature between rising insecurity in recent decades and the containment of insecurity in capitalism’s post-war ‘golden age,’ this article explains why growing insecurity is more consistent with capitalism’s normal operation. Underlining the difficulty of replicating post-war efforts to mitigate insecurity through social and welfare policies, this article also sketches how the vicious cycle between capitalism and economic insecurity contributes to other serious social problems, including racism, sexism, xenophobia, the hollowing out of political democracy and a deepening ecological crisis.
Comments
Accepted manuscript, Panayotakis, C. (2020). Economic Insecurity and Social Stability: An Exploration of One of Capitalism’s Vicious Cycles. Critical Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920520970250