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Crouch, C. (2019). Will the Gig Economy Prevail?. Cambridge: Polity Press.

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Crouch, Colin1, Author           
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1Auswärtiges Wissenschaftliches Mitglied, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214545              

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 Abstract: Increasingly, 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.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2019
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 140
 Publishing info: Cambridge : Polity Press
 Table of Contents: Acknowledgements
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1 The Rise of Precarious Work
2 Ambiguities of the Employment Contract
3 The Rise, Fall and Persistence of Standard Employment
4 The Changing Shape of Precariousness
5 A New Approach to Employment Security

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Title: The Future of Capitalism
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