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26943
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National Ranking
586

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom University Of London
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom University Of London
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom University Of London

Overview

Guy Standing is affiliated with the School of Oriental and African Studies in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with specific focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, and gender studies.

Their work has addressed various topics, including:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Political and Economic History of the UK and US
  • Turkey's Politics and Society

Standing has published several recent papers, including:

  • "Basic Income Pilots: Uses, Limitations and Design Principles" (2021) in Basic Income Studies
  • "Precarity and Prospects for Commoning: A Conversation with Guy Standing" (2022) in Emancipations
  • "New Perspectives on Turkey roundtable on Ayşe Buğra's book: Social Policy in Capitalist History: Perspectives on Poverty, Work and Society (Edward Elgar Publishing 2024)" (2025) in New Perspectives on Turkey

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Paul Apostolidis
  • Ayşe Buğra
  • Andrew Martín Fischer
  • Tuba İ. Ağartan
  • Başak Akkan

Standing's work is published in venues such as Basic Income Studies, Emancipations, and New Perspectives on Turkey, among others.

In terms of book publications, Standing has published with Amsterdam University Press and I.B.Tauris eBooks. Notable titles include:

  • "8 The Precariat The New Dangerous Class?" (2025), published by Amsterdam University Press
  • "Battling Eight Giants" (2020), published by I.B.Tauris eBooks

The scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, affiliated with the University of London.

Best Publications

  • The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

    Guy Standing

  • Global Labour Flexibility: Seeking Distributive Justice

    Guy Standing

  • Global feminization through flexible labor

    Guy Standing

  • Global Feminization Through Flexible Labor: A Theme Revisited

    Guy Standing

  • Book Reviews : The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press; Cambridge, Polity Press, 1990, pp. xi + 248 ISBN 0745 606652

    Gosta Esping-Andersen;Guy Standing

  • Work After Globalisation: Building Occupational Citizenship

    Guy Standing

  • A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens

    Guy Standing

  • Beyond the New Paternalism: Basic Security as Equality

    Guy Standing

  • Globalization, Labour Flexibility and Insecurity: The Era of Market Regulation

    Guy Standing

  • Social Protection in Central and Eastern Europe: A Tale of Slipping Anchors and Torn Safety Nets

    Guy Standing

  • Labour force participation and development

    Guy Standing;Employment

  • The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay

    Guy Standing

  • Restructuring the Labour Market: The South African Challenge

    Guy Standing;John Sender;John Weeks

  • The ILO: An Agency for Globalization?

    Guy Standing

  • Social dumping, catch-up or convergence? Europe in a comparative global context

    Jens Alber;Guy Standing

  • A family of decent work indexes

    Florence Bonnet;José B. Figueiredo;Guy Standing

  • Migration Surveys in Low-Income Countries: Guidelines for Survey and Questionnaire Design

    Michael P. Todaro;Richard E. Bilsborrow;A. S. Oberai;Guy Standing

  • Work after Globalization

    Guy Standing

  • The international labour organisation

    Guy Standing

  • Global Labour Flexibility

    Guy Standing

  • A Precariat Charter

    Guy Standing

  • Restructuring the Labour Market: the South African challenge. An ILO Country Review

    Guy Standing;John Sender;John Weeks

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Bilsborrow
Richard E. Bilsborrow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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