Reproletarianization in the Teaching Labor Process: From Theoretical Discussions to the Empirical Results

Abstract

The class positions in a capitalist society, which are determined by the relations of production, never refer to a fixed stratification model in which the same places are occupied by the same individuals over the same period of time. On the contrary, class positions emerge as a result of class relations, therefore they can be changed. At this point the proletarianization process has an important impact on reshaping the class positions of individuals because it leads those who were previously either an employer or self-employed to become an employee. Furthermore, proletarianization does not only have effects on employers and the self-employed. The employees, such as educational workers/teachers, have also been influenced by the destructive results of the proletarianization process and thus, they becomes reproletarianized. Teachers have been losing their reputation in the eyes of the people day by day and teaching comes to resemble ordinary work with each passing day. In this study, the process of reproletarianization from its foundations to its outcomes is taken into consideration in the context of the teaching labor process

Keywords

• teacher, labor process, reproletarianization, surplus value, employment