Prelims
ISBN: 978-1-78743-288-8, eISBN: 978-1-78743-287-1
ISSN: 0277-2833
Publication date: 19 December 2017
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(2017), "Prelims", Kalleberg, A.L. and Vallas, S.P. (Ed.) Precarious Work (Research in the Sociology of Work, Vol. 31), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-x. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0277-283320170000031018
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Precarious Work
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Research in the Sociology of Work
Series Editor: Steven P. Vallas
Recent Volumes:
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| Volume 2: | Peripheral Workers |
| Volume 3: | Unemployment |
| Volume 4: | High Tech Work |
| Volume 5: | The Meaning of Work |
| Volume 6: | The Globalization of Work |
| Volume 7: | Work and Family |
| Volume 8: | Deviance in the Workplace |
| Volume 9: | Marginal Employment |
| Volume 10: | Transformation of Work |
| Volume 11: | Labor Revitalization: Global Perspectives and New Initiatives |
| Volume 12: | The Sociology of Job Training |
| Volume 13: | Globalism/Localism at Work |
| Volume 14: | Diversity in the Workforce |
| Volume 15: | Entrepreneurship |
| Volume 16: | Worker Participation: Current Research and Future Trends |
| Volume 17: | Work Place Temporalities |
| Volume 18: | Economic Sociology of Work |
| Volume 19: | Work and Organizations in China after Thirty Years of Transition |
| Volume 20: | Gender and Sexuality in the Workplace |
| Volume 21: | Institutions and Entrepreneurship |
| Volume 22: | Part 1: Comparing European Workers Part A |
| Part 2: Comparing European Workers | |
| Part B: Policies and Institutions | |
| Volume 23: | Religion, Work, and Inequality |
| Volume 24: | Networks, Work and Inequality |
| Volume 25: | Adolescent Experiences and Adult Work Outcomes: Connections and Causes |
| Volume 26: | Work and Family in the New Economy |
| Volume 27: | Immigration and Work |
| Volume 28: | A Gedenkschrift to Randy Hodson: Working with Dignity |
| Volume 29: | Research in the Sociology of Work |
| Volume 30: | Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market |
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Research in the Sociology of Work Volume 31
Precarious Work
Edited By
Arne L. Kalleberg and Steven P. Vallas
University of North Carolina, USA
Northeastern University, USA
United Kingdom – North America – Japan India – Malaysia – China
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Contents
| List of Contributors | ix |
| Probing Precarious Work: Theory, Research, and Politics Arne L. Kalleberg and Steven P. Vallas |
1 |
| Part I Theory and Method |
|
| Precarious Work, Regime of Competition, and the Case of Europe Valeria Pulignano |
33 |
| Classification Struggles in Semi-Formal and Precarious Work: Lessons from Inmate Labor and Cultural Production Michael Gibson-Light |
61 |
| Non-Standard Employment and Subjective Insecurity: How Can We Capture Job Precarity Using Survey Data? Anna Kiersztyn |
91 |
| Part II Precarious Work in the United States |
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| Bad Jobs in a Troubled Economy: The Impact of the Great Recession in America’s Major Metropolitan Areas Michael Wallace and Joonghyun Kwak |
125 |
| Hackathons as Co-Optation Ritual: Socializing Workers and Institutionalizing Innovation in the “New” Economy Sharon Zukin and Max Papadantonakis |
157 |
| A Racial–Gender Lens on Precarious Nonstandard Employment Enobong Hannah Branch and Caroline Hanley |
183 |
| The Gender of Layoffs in the Oil and Gas Industry Christine L. Williams |
215 |
| Part III International Perspectives on Precarious Work |
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| The Rise of Precarious Employment in Germany David Brady and Thomas Biegert |
245 |
| Precarious Work in Europe: Assessing Cross-National Differences and Institutional Determinants of Work Precarity in 32 European Countries Quan Mai |
273 |
| Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalization, Production Relations and “Precarity” Michael Rogan, Sally Roever, Martha Alter Chen, and Françoise Carre’ |
307 |
| Determinants Of Precarious Employment in India: An Empirical Analysis Rahul Suresh Sapkal and K. R. Shyam Sundar |
335 |
| Part IV The Consequences of Precarious Work |
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| Precarious Early Careers: Instability and Timing within Labor Market Entry Dirk Witteveen |
365 |
| “Bad Jobs” for Marriage: Precarious Work and the Transition to First Marriage Sojung Lim |
399 |
| “You Don’t Dare Plan Much”: Contract Work and Personal Life for International Early-Career Professionals Aliya Hamid Rao |
429 |
| About the Authors | 455 |
| About the Editors | 461 |
| Index | 463 |
List of Contributors
| Thomas Biegert | Berlin Social Science Center, Germany |
| David Brady | University of California, USA |
| WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany | |
| Enobong Hannah Branch | University of Massachusetts–Amherst, USA |
| Françoise Carré | University of Massachusetts Boston, USA |
| Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, UK | |
| Martha Alter Chen | Harvard University, USA |
| Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, UK | |
| Michael Gibson-Light | University of Arizona, USA |
| Aliya Hamid Rao | Stanford University, USA |
| Caroline Hanley | College of William and Mary, USA |
| Anna Kiersztyn | University of Warsaw, Poland |
| Joonghyun Kwak | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Sojung Lim | Utah State University, USA |
| Quan Mai | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Max Papadantonakis | City University of New York, USA |
| Valeria Pulignano | KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Aliya Rao | Stanford University, USA |
| Sally Roever | Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, UK |
| Michael Rogan | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, UK | |
| Rahul Suresh Sapkal | National Law University Mumbai, India |
| K.R. Shyam Sundar | Xavier School of Management, India |
| Michael Wallace | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Christine L. Williams | University of Texas, USA |
| Dirk Witteveen | City University of New York, USA |
| Sharon Zukin | City University of New York, USA |
- Prelims
- Probing Precarious Work: Theory, Research, and Politics
- Part I: Theory and Method
- Precarious Work, Regime of Competition, and the Case of Europe
- Classification Struggles in Semi-Formal and Precarious Work: Lessons from Inmate Labor and Cultural Production
- Non-standard employment and subjective insecurity: how can we capture job precarity using survey data?
- Part II: Precarious Work in the United States
- Bad Jobs in a Troubled Economy: The Impact of the Great Recession in America’s Major Metropolitan Areas
- Hackathons as Co-optation Ritual: Socializing Workers and Institutionalizing Innovation in the “New” Economy
- A Racial-Gender Lens on Precarious Nonstandard Employment
- The Gender of Layoffs in the Oil and Gas Industry
- Part III: International Perspectives on Precarious Work
- The Rise of Precarious Employment in Germany
- Precarious Work in Europe: Assessing Cross-National Differences and Institutional Determinants of Work Precarity in 32 European Countries
- Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalization, Production Relations, and “Precarity”
- Determinants Of Precarious Employment In India: An Empirical Analysis
- Part IV: The Consequences of Precarious Work
- Precarious Early Careers: Instability And Timing Within Labor Market Entry
- “Bad Jobs” For Marriage: Precarious Work And The Transition To First Marriage
- “You Don’t Dare Plan Much”: Contract work and personal life for international early-career professionals
- About the Authors
- Index