Abstract:
The first part of the paper, on the basis of theory reveals the essence of the modern phenomenon of precaritzation, which encompass broad strata of the working-age population and have negative impacts on various aspects of their social life and society in general. In the second part, on the basis the results of a survey (content analysis of biographical interviews) of contemporary low-resource employable persons are presented with the purpose of identifying major trends of precarization and specifics of labor and employment precarity in Russia.