Precarious Work [1 ed.] 9781787432871, 9781787432888

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

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

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

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

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Precarious Asia assesses the role of global and domestic factors in shaping precarious work and its outcomes in Japan, S

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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Is job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, lo

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Precarious Japany reflects on how the Japanese are experiencing insecurity in the contemporary era of nagging recession,

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