Thinker
Guy Standing
Guy Standing is central to 14 previous-year questions, spanning 2009 to 2024 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
14Questions
2009–24Years tested
I & IIPaper
2Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Guy Standing
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
informalisation of labour 5casualisation 3feminisation of work 3flexible accumulation 3informal sector 3feminization of labour 2informal economy 2post-industrial society 2precarious labour 2precarious work 2social security net 2casualisation and precaritycasualisation of labourcircular migrationclass consciousnessdouble burdenfeminisation of labourfeminisation of poverty
Where Guy Standing appears in the syllabus
Every question on Guy Standing
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
2016
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