{"product_id":"precarious-lives-job-insecurity-and-well-being-in-rich-democracies-hardback-9781509506491","title":"Precarious Lives; Job Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies (Hardback) 9781509506491","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrecarious Lives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJob Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArne L. Kalleberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509506491, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book addresses one of the most pressing issues of the day: how precarious work is leading to precarious lives. By drawing on experiences in six diverse countries, it provides a potentially optimistic agenda for policy to halt or reverse the damage. In calling not only for wider social protection for all engaged in all forms of work but also for action, supported by worker organization, to change employer practices and stem the growth of precarious work, Kalleberg offers a useful alternative policy framework to the ultimately defeatist basic income approach where regulation of employers and of work itself is downgraded.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJill Rubery, The University of Manchester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This latest book by Arne Kalleberg offers a powerful conception of precarity, how it takes distinct forms under different employment regimes, and – most important perhaps — how the rise of precarious work has reached deep into the private realm, threatening the well-being and family lives of workers. Sure to become a classic in the field.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSteven Peter Vallas, Northeastern University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Precarious work is by construction a relative concept (precarious compared to some standard), and \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is a model and a guide of how to think about this concept across countries, which in turn helps us to use it more analytically in any one country. Kalleberg's analysis shines [and] I am convinced that \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Lives\u003c\/i\u003e should become, and will become, the leading monographic analysis of precarious work.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChris Tilly, \u003ci\u003eILR Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In many ways, this book is vintage Kalleberg [...]. Using national-level statistics, Kalleberg carefully unpacks the complexity of precarious work and lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChing Kwan Lee, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"From the doyen of precarious work research comes this comprehensive volume comparing the prevalence and consequences of job insecurity in six affluent democracies. [...]. The book is thorough, systematic and clear. Wherever prior research is dense or contradictory, Kalleberg is there to provide us a path through the thicket.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAllison Pugh, \u003ci\u003eSocial Forces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[I]nformative and thought-provoking [...]. This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on employment relationships.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelations industrielles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEmployment relations in advanced, post-industrial democracies have become increasingly insecure and uncertain as the risks associated with work are being shifted from employers and governments to workers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArne L. Kalleberg examines the impact of the liberalization of labor markets and welfare systems on the growth of precarious work and job insecurity for indicators of well-being such as economic insecurity, the transition to adulthood, family formation, and happiness, in six advanced capitalist democracies: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Spain, and Denmark. This insightful cross-national analysis demonstrates how active labor market policies and generous social welfare systems can help to protect workers and give employers latitude as they seek to adapt to the rise of national and global competition and the rapidity of sweeping technological changes. Such policies thereby form elements of a new social contract that offers the potential for addressing many of the major challenges resulting from the rise of precarious work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Theoretical Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The New Age of Precarious Work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Social Welfare Protection and Labor Market Institutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Manifestations of Precarious Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Nonstandard Employment Relations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Job Insecurity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Dimensions of Well-Being\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Economic Insecurity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Transition to Adulthood and Family Formation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Subjective Well-Being\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Responses to Precarious Work and Lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Politics and Policies of Precarious Work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441781600536,"sku":"9781509506491","price":50.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509506491.jpg?v=1785024802","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/precarious-lives-job-insecurity-and-well-being-in-rich-democracies-hardback-9781509506491","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}