Privileged Precarities: An Organizational Ethnography of Early Career Workers at the United Nations

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Linda M. Mülli

Privileged Precarities

An Organizational Ethnography of Early Career Workers at the United Nations

Linda M. Mülli

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English

Campus Verlag
15 August 2021

Social & cultural anthropology; United Nations & UN agencies

Series: Arbeit und Alltag

An ethnography on early-career workers facing job insecurity at the United Nations.

Rapid economic changes since the 1970s have left many early-career workers in a precarious double-bind—caught between organizational visions shaped during the post-war boom and the austere reality that they may need to reinvent their careers overnight. Privileged Precarities explores this dilemma through an ethnographic study of early-career professionals at the United Nations. Drawing on a variety of social theories, Linda M. Mülli untangles the personal narratives UN workers craft to make sense of their job insecurity, increased flexibility, and relative privilege. These striking case studies offer broad insights into the mechanisms of organizational power and individual agency in post-Fordist, capitalist society.

By: Linda M. Mülli
Imprint: Campus Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 41mm
ISBN: 9783593513898
ISBN 10: 3593513897
Series: Arbeit und Alltag
Pages: 370
Publication Date: 15 August 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Linda M. Mülli completed her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at the University of Basel and the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich.