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OverviewIncreasingly, employees are being falsely treated as ‘self-employed’. This phenomenon – the ‘gig economy’ – is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In 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. Crouch’s penetrating analysis will be of interest to everyone interested in the future of work, the welfare state and the gig economy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colin Crouch (London School of Economics)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 12.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9781509532445ISBN 10: 1509532447 Pages: 140 Publication Date: 15 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA timely and thought-provoking read, lifting the lid on how the gig economy is undermining workers, damaging society and compromising our prosperity. Ought to act as a wake-up call to policymakers and politicians. Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Author InformationColin Crouch is Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick and an External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research at Cologne. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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