Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets Challenging the Orthodoxy
Precarity is a key theme in political discourse, in media and academic discussions of employment, and within the labour movement. Often, the prevailing idea is of an endless march of precarity, rendering work ever more contingent and workers ever more disposable. However, this detailed study of the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Precarity Debate
- 2. Theorists of Transformation
- 3. Conceptualising Precarity and Insecurity
- 4. Is Work Being De-standardised?
- 5. Is Employment Tenure Declining?
- 6. Rethinking Labour Markets
- 7. An Epidemic of Insecurity?
- 8. Conclusions