Book Rev.: Toshchenko, ZH.T. (Ed.) (2021), Precarious Employment. Origins, Criteria, Features, Ves’ Mir, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

This article is a review of the collective monograph “Precarious employment. Origins, criteria, features” prepared by staff-fellows of the Sociology Faculty of the Russian State University for the Humanities. The monograph covers the criteria of precarious employment and the specifics of precariousness in the fields of industry, construction, transport, culture, education, health care, science, and agriculture. Some chapters describe certain aspects of precariousness: hidden forms of remuneration, manifestations of precariousness in the production organization, etc.