An introduction to the "Gloves-off economy" / Annette Bernhardt, Heather Boushey, Laura Dresser, and Chris Tilly -- Working beyond the reach or grasp of employment law / Noah D. Zatz -- Putting wages back into competition : deunionization and degradation in place-bound industries / Ruth Milkman...

Trabajadoras en la sombra: dimensiones del servicio doméstico latinoamericano / Séverine Durin, María Eugenia de la O y Santiago Bastos -- Mercado laboral, regulación y ciudadanos: presentación / María Eugenia de la O -- Las nuevas tendencias del empleo doméstico en España / Raquel...

Mapping the contours of work -- Scenes from the new economy -- Culture and work -- Structure and work -- Class structures -- Job markets and job demands -- Demography and the new labor force -- Agency and careers -- Conclusion -- How new is the new economy? -- The old in the new -- A...

"Changing Contours of Work is an exploration of the American workplace in the larger context of an integrated global economy. Presented with engaging vignettes and rich data, this fourth edition shows the reader how the "old economy" is now operating within the "new economy" and how that...