Doing 'dirty work': Stigma and esteem in the private security industry
This article draws upon two different ethnographic studies – one based in Sweden, the other in the United Kingdom – to explore how private security officers working in a stigmatized industry construct and repair their self-esteem. Whereas the concept of ‘dirty work’ (Hughes, 1951) has been applied t...
Hlavní autoři: | Löfstrand, CH, Loftus, B, Loader, I |
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Médium: | Journal article |
Jazyk: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2015
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