Predictors of the Precarious Position of the Working Population in Serbia, Germany and Croatia
A Comparative Analysis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2023012Keywords:
precariat, precarious employment, Serbia, Germany, Croatia, European Social Survey (ESS)Abstract
Precarious employment is a growing phenomenon in many countries, and it has significant economic, social, and political implications. The article examines the predictors of precarious employment in Serbia, Germany, and Croatia using data from the IX round European Social Survey. The study employs a comparative analysis approach, drawing on the world-systems theory, to identify the underlying factors that contribute to the precarious position of the working population in these three countries. While certain predictors, such as age, appear to be important determinants of precariousness in all three countries, there are also differences that reflect the historical development of capitalist social relations in peripheral positions. Additionally, the organizational dimension of precariousness was found to be an important predictor of precarious employment in all three countries. On the other hand, while the absence of trade union membership, the size of the work organization, and citizenship are identified as statistically significant predictors of precarious employment, these factors do not consistently predict precariousness across all observed countries.
References
Bakić, J. (2019). Evropska krajnja desnica 1945–2018. Clio.
Bartlett, W., & Prica, I. (2016). Interdependence between core and peripheries of the European economy: Secular stagnation and growth in the Western Balkans (LSE “Europe in Question” Discussion Paper Series No. 104/2016). DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2729882
Bradaš, S. (2018). Prekarna zaposlenost na tržištu rada Srbije. Fondacija Centar za demokratiju.
Bradaš, S., & Reljanović, M. (2019). Indikatori dostojanstvenog rada u Srbiji: Analiza normativnog okvira i prakse. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Brady, D., & Biegert, T. (2017). The rise of precarious employment in Germany. In A. Kalleberg & S. Vallas (Eds.), Precarious work (Research in the Sociology of Work, Vol. 31). Emerald Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0277-283320170000031008
Broughton, A., et al. (2016). Precarious employment in Europe (Vol. 1: Patterns, trends and policy strategies). European Commission.
Butković, H., et al. (2016). Nonstandard work in Croatia: Challenges and perspectives in selected sectors. Institut za razvoj i međunarodne odnose (IRMO).
Crăciun, I. C. (2019). Perceptions of the precarious life: The middle-aged precariat in Germany. In Positive aging and precarity (International Perspectives on Aging, Vol. 21). Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14255-1_5
Del Río-Casasola, A. (2021). Centre–periphery in the EU-20: A classification based on factor analysis and cluster analysis. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 45(6), 1337–1360. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beab041
Duell, N. (2004). Defining and assessing precarious employment in Europe: A review of main studies and surveys. ESOPE Project.
Draženović, I., Kunovac, M., & Pripužić, D. (2018). Dynamics and determinants of emigration: The case of Croatia and the experience of new EU member states. Public Sector Economics, 42(4), 415–447. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3326/pse.42.4.3
ETUC, & ETUI. (2019). Benchmarking working Europe. ETUI.
Gilroy, B., & Günthner, J. (2017). The German precariat and the role of fundamental security: Is the unconditional basic income a possible solution for the growing precarity in Germany? (Working Papers CIE No. 109). Paderborn University, CIE Center for International Economics.
Ilić, V. (2006). Uporedni metod u sociologiji: Verlorene Jahre aus dem Leben eines Soziologen. Gradska narodna biblioteka.
International Labour Organization. (2008). Measuring decent work: Tripartite meeting of experts on measurement of decent work, 8–10 Sept. 2008 (TMEMDW/2008). ILO.
Keskin, E. (2020). Rising tide of precariat and denizens in neoliberal capitalism: The case of Germany. In V. Beck, H. Henning, & R. Lepenies (Eds.), Dimensions of poverty (Philosophy and Poverty, Vol. 2). Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31711-9_20
Kocka, J. (2016). Capitalism: A short history. Princeton University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc77kv8
Lazić, M., & Pešić, J. (2012). Making and unmaking state-centred capitalism in Serbia. ISI; Čigoja štampa.
Mandić, S. (2015). Položaj Srbije u svetskom kapitalističkom sistemu. Kultura, 148, 80–101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/kultura1548080M
Marković, A. (2018). Prekarnost i migranti: Prolazni izazov ili pretnja za sigurnost i stabilnost neoliberalizma. In Z. Lutovac & S. Mrđa (Eds.), Savremene migracije i društveni razvoj: Interdisciplinarna perspektiva. SSD; IDN; ISI; Filozofski fakultet.
Marković, A., & Jovanović-Ajzenhamer, N. (2018). Klasično nasleđe savremenog fenomena: Veberovo shvatanje društvene stratifikacije i prekarijat. Kultura polisa, 15(37), 533–544.
Marković, A. (2019). Prekarnost radnih uslova u Srbiji. In M. Lazić & S. Cvejić (Eds.), Stratifikacijske promene u periodu konsolidacije kapitalizma u Srbiji. Institut za sociološka istraživanja Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu.
Marković, A. (2020). Prekarijat i neka pitanja društvene strukture i društvenih nejednakosti. Zbornik Instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, 39(2–3), 109–126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2020237
Marković, A. (2022). Prekarijat i demokratija: Teze za promišljanje. Zbornik Instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, 41(1), 55–74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2022014
Matković, T. (2003). Zaposlenost u Hrvatskoj i izmjene radnog zakonodavstva. Revija za socijalnu politiku, 10(2), 255–262. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v10i2.136
Pešić, J. (2017). Promena vrednosnih orijentacija u postsocijalističkim društvima Srbije i Hrvatske: Politički i ekonomski liberalizam. Institut za sociološka istraživanja Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu.
Savanović, A., et al. (2021). Radnici drugog reda: Nestandardni rad u Srbiji. Platforma za teoriju i praksu društvenih dobara.
Tomić, I. (2020). Reforme zakonske zaštite zaposlenja i ishodi na tržištu rada u Hrvatskoj. Odabrani prijevodi, 53/20, 1–35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3326/op.53
Trimikliniotis, N., & Fulias-Souroulla, M. (2013). Informalisation and flexibilisation at work: The migrant woman precariat speaks. In F. Anthias, M. Kontos, & M. Morokvasic-Müller (Eds.), Paradoxes of integration: Female migrants in Europe (International Perspectives on Migration, Vol. 4). Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4842-2_4
Valerštajn, I. (2016). Svetski sistem: Kriza i naučnik. Ekonomski fakultet, Centar za izdavačku delatnost.
Weinberger-Vidovic, H., & Mara, I. (2015). Free movement of workers, transitional arrangements and potential mobility from Croatia. Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (WIIW).
Wright, E. O. (2016). Is the precariat a class? Global Labour Journal, 7(2), 123–135. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15173/glj.v7i2.2583
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Authors retain copyright over their published works and grant the publisher a non-exclusive right to publish the article, to be identified as its first publisher in cases of reuse, and to distribute it in all forms and media. The articles will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated.
