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"Vor dem Hintergrund einer feministisch-kritischen Perspektive auf Prekarität, die im Wesentlichen einen erweiterten Blick auf Prekarisierungsprozesse - weg von der Erwerbsarbeit hin zu Unsicherheit im Lebenszusammenhang - verlangt, untersucht der Beitrag prekäre Lebenslagen und den Umgang damit, die Lebensführung. Anhand von vier Fallbeispielen von Haushalten in prekären Lebenslagen in der Schweiz werden vier prekäre Lebenskonstellationen vertieft empirisch analysiert. Dabei zeigt sich, dass auf jeweils ganz verschiedenartige Weise das Zusammenspiel von unbezahlter (Care-)Arbeit und bezahlter Erwerbsarbeit sowie ihre je unterschiedliche gesellschaftliche Bewertung für die Prekarität der Lebenslage, die spezifische prekäre Konstellation, verantwortlich sind." (Autorenreferat)

Soziale Mobilität wird aktuell vermehrt diskutiert, sowohl im Rahmen wissenschaftlicher Studien als auch auf digitalen Plattformen wie Instagram. Hier sind neue, un(ter)bezahlte Arbeitsorte entstanden, die stark flexibilisiert und prekarisiert sind. Zudem teilen sie eine zentrale Eigenschaft mit anderen feminisierten Tätigkeiten wie jene der Care-Arbeit: Sie ist weitgehend unsichtbar, wobei die Subjekte selbst hypervisibel sind. Der Beitrag untersucht anhand von cyberethnografischem Material Aushandlungsprozesse sozialer Mobilität von Instragram-Influencer*innen, die kritische Bildungsarbeit im Bereich der sozialen Gerechtigkeit leisten. Dabei wurde von der Annahme ausgegangen, dass soziale Mobilität ein wiederkehrendes Thema in Beiträgen dieser Influencer*innen ist, da der soziale Status dieser Arbeit uneindeutig ist. Die explorative Analyse zeigt insbesondere die Bedeutung horizontaler Mobilität für Influencer*innen, wodurch gängige meritokratische Diskurse über eine vertikale Mobilität neu betrachtet werden können.

Im Beitrag werden Ergebnisse eine vergleichenden Untersuchung in Chile und Costa Rica dargestellt, deren Hauptmethode der Datengewinnung qualitative biographische Befragungen gewesen ist. Sie sind sowohl vor als auch nach der Krise durchgeführt worden. Schwerpunktmäßig beziehen sie sich auf die Dynamik der Erwerbs- und Haushaltssituation im Rahmen des erfassten Zeitraumes. Die Verfasser stellen eine Kontinuität der Wahrnehmungen fest: Die Wirtschaftskrise hat ihrer Meinung nach keinen bedeutsamen Einfluss auf die Darstellung der eigenen ökonomischen und sozialen Situation ausgeübt. Die mangelnde soziale Sicherheit, die Angst vor der Arbeitslosigkeit usw. sind immer Bestandteile der Selbstwahrnehmung gewesen. Diese Tatsache führen die Autoren auf die konsequente Durchsetzung neoliberaler wirtschaftspolitischer Muster von Seiten der Regierungen der untersuchten Länder zurück. (ICB)

The SNSF Career Tracker Cohorts (CTC) study tracks the careers of applicants for the postdoctoral career funding schemes of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). These include Early Postdoc.Mobility, Postdoc.Mobility, Ambizione, PRIMA, and Eccellenza. The aim of the CTC study is to gain a better understanding of the researchers' career paths and of the career impact that is attributable to the SNSF career funding schemes. The results will also serve as a basis for the future development of career funding policies and schemes at the SNSF. The CTC project is designed as a panel study with yearly cohorts. Every new cohort starts with a base survey shortly after the application deadline. Subsequently, the participants are invited to take part in a monitoring survey every year, in order to follow-up on their professional and personal life situations.

The SNSF Career Tracker Cohorts (CTC) study tracks the careers of applicants for the postdoctoral career funding schemes of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). These include Early Postdoc.Mobility, Postdoc.Mobility, Ambizione, PRIMA, and Eccellenza. The aim of the CTC study is to gain a better understanding of the researchers' career paths and of the career impact that is attributable to the SNSF career funding schemes. The results will also serve as a basis for the future development of career funding policies and schemes at the SNSF. The CTC project is designed as a panel study with yearly cohorts. Every new cohort starts with a base survey shortly after the application deadline. Subsequently, the participants are invited to take part in a monitoring survey every year, in order to follow-up on their professional and personal life situations.

Empirical studies have recently pointed towards a socio-structural category largely overlooked in social inequality research: the dynamic positions of households adjacent to those of the poor and yet not representing those of the established, more prosperous positions in society. These results suggest that the population in this category fluctuates into and out of poverty more often than moving into and out of secure prosperity. This category — still lacking theoretical conceptualization — is characterized by both precariousness and a certain degree of prosperity; despite a restricted and uncertain living standard it holds a range of opportunities for action. We seek analytical elements to conceptualize 'precarious prosperity' for comparative empirical research by subjecting various concepts of social inequality research to critical scrutiny. We then operationally define 'precarious prosperity' to screen for this population in three countries. Based on qualitative interviews with households in precarious prosperity, we present first analyses of perceptions and household strategies that underline the relevance of the concept in different countries.

International audience ; Recent empirical research suggests the increase of population segment amongst the non-poor. It is located in vicinity of the structural position of the poor in industrial as well as developing societies; it is characterised by the mobility across the division line as well as the opportunities for agency. This position has not yet been theoretically conceptualised for comparative research. In this paper we subject various concepts in poverty research, their theoretical backgrounds and ideological and political implications to critical scrutiny in search of analytical elements to conceptualise these empirical findings. The reviewed concepts have strong political and ideological implications and present national scientific traditions. They presuppose homogeneous societies and/or transmit a dualistic view of society. Inequalities and dynamic processes are blended out. The more recent term "precarious prosperity" appears useful to analyse this structural position. Precarious prosperity is inherently a paradox: it simultaneously refers to a critical dynamic (precarious) and a more favourable material situation (prosperity). Precariousness depicts potential downward mobility linking research on this structural position more tightly to social inequality and mobility analyses.

Recent empirical research suggests that there is a population segment located in the vicinity of the socio-structural category of the poor in both industrial and developing societies that is characterized by mobility into and out of poverty as well as opportuni-ties for agency. This position of 'non-poverty' (or inconsistent poverty if measured by income and standard of living) has not yet been theoretically conceptualized for com-parative research. In this chapter the authors subject various concepts in poverty and inequality research, their theoretical backgrounds and ideological and political implications to critical scrutiny in search of analytical elements for these empirical findings. The authors find that the reviewed concepts have strong political and ideological implications and reflect national scholarly traditions. They presuppose homogeneous societies and/or transmit a dualistic view of society. Inequalities and dynamic processes are blended out. The concept 'precarious prosperity', emerging from empirical research, appears to be useful to analyze this structural category. 'Precarious prosperity' represents a paradox: it simultaneously refers to a critical dynamic or uncertain situation (precarious) and a certain level of material well-being or income (prosperity) that allows for opportunities of agency and for setting priorities, yet lacking financial reserves to buffer unexpected shocks or invest rapidly in upcoming opportunities. Conceptualizing 'precarious prosperity' allows linking research on this socio-structural category, in which the (lower) middle classes, but not only these, are located, more tightly to social inequality research.