Precarious Work and Winner-Take-All Economies
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Authors/contributors
- Strauss, Kendra (Author)
- Clark, Gordon L. (Editor)
- Feldman, Maryann P. (Editor)
- Gertler, Meric S. (Editor)
- Wójcik, Dariusz (Editor)
- Kaiser, Angelika (Contributor)
Title
Precarious Work and Winner-Take-All Economies
Abstract
This chapter examines the concept of precariousness in work in relation to income and labour market polarization. Although there is growing interest in the separate but related notion of precarity in human geography, economic and labour geographers have engaged less with the literature on precarious work and the decline of the standard employment relation. This chapter provides a brief overview of how precarious employment is understood, before turning to focus on two particular dimensions: the role of labour market intermediaries, and the challenges of regulation in an era of flexible work.
Book Title
The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography
Series
Oxford handbooks
Edition
[First edition]
Place
Oxford, United Kingdom
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date
2018
Pages
485-497
Language
English
ISBN
978-0-19-875560-9
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Citation
Strauss, K. (2018). Precarious Work and Winner-Take-All Economies. In G. L. Clark, M. P. Feldman, M. S. Gertler, & D. Wójcik (Eds.), The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography ([First edition], pp. 485–497). Oxford University Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326404789_Precarious_work_and_winner-take-_all_economies
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