Nice work if you can get it : life and labor in precarious times

Andrew Ross

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Is job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just that-a dream?. In Nice Work If You Can Get It , Andrew Ross surveys the new topography of the global workplace and finds an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven development on a massive scale. Combining detailed case studies with lucid analysis and graphic prose, he looks at what the new landscape of contingent employment means for workers across n

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Year of publication:	c2009
Authors:	Ross, Andrew
Publisher:	New York : New York University Press
Subject:	Atypische Beschäftigung \| Non-standard employment \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market \| Arbeitsmarktpolitik \| Labour market policy \| Beschäftigungssystem \| Employment system \| Lebensqualität \| Quality of life \| Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Befristete Beschäftigung \| Temporary employment \| Vergleich \| Comparison
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (viii, 264 p) 24 cm
Series:	NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis Ser NYU series in social and cultural analysis
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I: CREATIVE WORKERS AND RENT-SEEKING; 1 The Mercurial Career of Creative Industries Policymaking in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States; 2 China's Next Cultural Revolution?; 3 The Olympic Goose That Lays the Golden Egg; II: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE GROUND STAFF; 4 Teamsters, Turtles, and Tainted Toys; 5 Learning from San Ysidro; III: INSTRUMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE CAPITALISM; 6 The Copyfight over Intellectual Property; 7 The Rise of the Global University; Conclusion: Maps and Charters; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H IJ; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-8147-7635-3 ; 0-8147-7629-9 ; 978-0-8147-7635-3 ; 978-0-8147-7629-2 ; 978-0-8147-7629-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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