Neoliberal Capitalism and Precarious Work
Subtitle: Ethnographies of Accommodation and Resistance
Publisher: Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781781954942
Subjects: Labor contract; Temporary employment; Women, employment
Description: Since the renaissance of market politics on a global scale, precarious work has become pervasive. Divided into two parts, the first section of this cross-disciplinary book analyses the different forms of precarious work that have arisen over the past thirty years. These transformations are captured in ethnographically orientated chapters on sweatshops; day labour; homework; unpaid contract work of Chinese construction workers; the introduction of insecure contracting in the Korean automotive industry; and the insecurity of Brazilian cane cutters. The editors and contributors then collectively explore trade union initiatives in the face of precarious work and stimulate debate on the issue.--