Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain

This article inquires the individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain. I use fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2023 to examine the interplay between the migrant workers’ individual coping strategies, the claims-making strategies of the domestic workers’ trade unio...

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Autor: Hellgren, Zenia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Immigrants -- Espanya
Servei domèstic -- Espanya
Treballadors migratoris -- Espanya
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spelling Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in SpainHellgren, ZeniaImmigrants -- EspanyaServei domèstic -- EspanyaTreballadors migratoris -- EspanyaThis article inquires the individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain. I use fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2023 to examine the interplay between the migrant workers’ individual coping strategies, the claims-making strategies of the domestic workers’ trade union Sindihogar, and the structures they operate within and attempt to challenge. Drawing on contemporary research about precarious workers’ movements, I aim to explore to what extent this social movement union has the potential to reduce the power of structural constraints and increase the power of agency. Implicit is a broader, more provocative question: To what extent is substantial change possible within the current political-economic order, here defined as late neoliberalism? I found that while the movement’s community-building approach may empower activists at an individual level, there are significant structural barriers to its potential to accomplish change in terms of better job conditions for this highly precarious workforce. In addition, I suggest that an increasing focus on precarious workers’ “resilience” risks undermining narratives of structural transformation.Oxford University Press202420242026infoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/60865http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ips/olae029reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésInternational Political Sociology. 2024 Sep;18(3):1-19© Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in International Political Sociology following peer review. The version of record Hellgren Z. Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain. Int Political Sociol. 2024 Sep;18(3):1-19. DOI: 10.1093/ips/olae029 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/ips/article/18/3/1/7719257 and https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olae029.info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/608652026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain
spellingShingle Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain
Hellgren, Zenia
Immigrants -- Espanya
Servei domèstic -- Espanya
Treballadors migratoris -- Espanya
title_short Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain
title_full Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain
title_fullStr Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain
title_sort Struggle, exit, “resilience”— or how precarious workers cope with late neoliberalism. Individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hellgren, Zenia
author Hellgren, Zenia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Immigrants -- Espanya
Servei domèstic -- Espanya
Treballadors migratoris -- Espanya
topic Immigrants -- Espanya
Servei domèstic -- Espanya
Treballadors migratoris -- Espanya
description This article inquires the individual and collective agency of female migrant domestic workers in Spain. I use fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2023 to examine the interplay between the migrant workers’ individual coping strategies, the claims-making strategies of the domestic workers’ trade union Sindihogar, and the structures they operate within and attempt to challenge. Drawing on contemporary research about precarious workers’ movements, I aim to explore to what extent this social movement union has the potential to reduce the power of structural constraints and increase the power of agency. Implicit is a broader, more provocative question: To what extent is substantial change possible within the current political-economic order, here defined as late neoliberalism? I found that while the movement’s community-building approach may empower activists at an individual level, there are significant structural barriers to its potential to accomplish change in terms of better job conditions for this highly precarious workforce. In addition, I suggest that an increasing focus on precarious workers’ “resilience” risks undermining narratives of structural transformation.
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