Precarious Work [1 ed.] 9781787432871, 9781787432888

Living Labor: Fiction, Film, and Precarious Work 0472075195, 9780472075195

For much of the twentieth century, the iconic figure of the U.S. working class was a white, male industrial worker. But

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Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms 9781472563651, 9781841136158

Globalisation, the shift from manufacturing to services as a source of employment, and the spread of information-based s

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Women, Precarious Work and Care: The Failure of Family-friendly Rights 9781529218732

Most workers on temporary, zero hours and involuntary part-time contracts in the UK are women. Many are also carers. Yet

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Crossing the Divide : Precarious Work and the Future of Labour [1 ed.] 9781869143541, 9781869143534

While work-related insecurities and worker vulnerability induced by neoliberal globalisation are undeniably affecting an

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Reconstructing Solidarity : Labour Unions, Precarious Work, and the Politics of Institutional Change in Europe 9780192509659, 9780198791843

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Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval: Exploring the Missing Link 1108832113, 9781108832113

Existing research on the rise of precarious forms of employment has paid little attention to gender and diversity challe

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Gendering Struggles Against Informal and Precarious Work [1 ed.] 9781787693692, 9781787693685

Gender is a defining feature of informal/precarious work in the 21st century, yet studies rarely adopt a gendered lens w

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Reconstructing Solidarity : Labour Unions, Precarious Work, and the Politics of Institutional Change in Europe 9780192509659, 9780198791843

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The Promise of Diversity: How Brazilian Brand Capitalism Affects Precarious Identities and Work 9783839437544

Nicolas Wasser critically examines how sexual and racial identities are currently being articulated through capitalist b

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Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship 9781442680432

Taking gender as a central lens of analysis, this important new book explores how, and to what extent, ?temporary work?

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