{"product_id":"will-the-gig-economy-prevail-hardback-9781509532438","title":"Will the gig economy prevail? (Hardback) 9781509532438","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWill the gig economy prevail?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin Crouch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509532438, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.3 x 13 x 1.8 cm, 0.227 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‘A timely and thought-provoking read, lifting the lid on how the gig economy is undermining workers, damaging society and compromising our prosperity. It ought to act as a wake-up call to policy-makers and politicians.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Crouch presents a careful discussion of the relevant data and posits a powerful set of proposals for reforming labour markets in the era of the gig economy.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Vallas, Northeastern University\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\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly, employees are being falsely treated as ‘self-employed’. This phenomenon – the ‘gig economy’ – is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Colin Crouch takes a step back and questions this logic. He shows how the idea of an employee – a stable status that involves a bundle of rights – has maintained a curious persistence. Examining the ways companies are attacking these rights, from proffering temporary work to involuntary part-time work to ‘gigging’, he reveals the paradoxes of the situation and argues that it should not and cannot continue. He goes on to propose reforms to reverse the perverse incentives that reward irresponsible employers and punish good ones, setting out an agenda for a realistic future of secure work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrouch’s penetrating analysis will be of interest to everyone interested in the future of work, the welfare state and the gig economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The Rise Precarious Work 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Ambiguities of the Employment Contract 12 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 The Rise, Fall and Persistence of Standard Employement 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 The Changing Shape of Precariousness 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 A New Approach of Employment Security 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences 131\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\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":52441794019608,"sku":"9781509532438","price":30.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509532438.jpg?v=1785025583","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/will-the-gig-economy-prevail-hardback-9781509532438","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}