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<snip> wot in the world is "precaritization"?! Before tooth decay? [Judy P] <snip> A small note on 'precaritization'. Theoretically *precarity* (a situation that is socio-economically precarious) is a coinage of the US Catholic Left during the 50s. Hence 'precaritization': being put in that situation. In practice I am doubtful. *Precarity* (precariedad, precarietà, précarité) has spread through Spain, Italy, France etc) as a fairly recent term of art for the condition of *flexible exploitation*: the Pope used it, a month or two ago, and there's a Saint Precario (not recognised by the Pope) with February 29 as his special Day. However, a bit like 'recuperation', the term is much more natural in Europe than it has ever been in English: also in the 50s Danilo Dolci uses precarietà to describe the situation of many Sicilian workers, for example. Which may be more than you wanted to know! CW _______________________________________________ 'Does God want you to be unemployed?' (Question posed by Danilo Dolci to precarious workers in Palermo as part of his *Inchiesta a Palermo*, 1957)