Precarious self-employment in urban Europe

Reuschke, Darja; Zhang, Mary

doi:10.1177/09697764221095756

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“…Differences in institutions and social policies across countries affect incomes, working conditions, and social benefits. As a result, in the Global North, the quality of life of the self‐employed varies substantially (OECD, 2018a; Reuschke & Zhang, 2022). In European countries with Bismarckian social insurance programs most protections and support are reserved for full‐time regular workers and the precarious self‐employed are usually excluded from important parts of the social safety net.…”

Section: Forms Of Precarious Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the 2010s, research on precarious work has begun to focus on self‐employment, a relatively neglected, under‐researched subject in sociology and economics (Broughton et al., 2014, pp. 83–94; Kalleberg, 2011; Reuschke & Zhang, 2022). In much of the earlier literature, self‐employment was considered a marginal category; it was assumed that, as industrial capitalism expanded, this form of employment would eventually disappear (Müller & Arum eds., 2004, pp.…”

Section: Forms Of Precarious Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reuschke & Zhang, 2022). In European countries with Bismarckian social insurance programs most protections and support are reserved for full-time regular workers and the precarious self-employed are usually excluded from important parts of the social safety net.…”

Section: Self-employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Precarious work: A global perspective

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Hewison

2023

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Precarious work is universal, though its forms and consequences vary across countries due to institutional, cultural, and historical differences. This article reviews recent research on precarious work from a global perspective, emphasizing the comparative and interdisciplinary research needed for a comprehensive understanding of the structural transformations in contemporary capitalism that promote precarious work. The article has three foci. First, research that details the diverse forms of precarious work, which have become increasingly heterogeneous as national labor markets have been interwoven with global production networks. Second, research on precarious work that emphasizes its disparate impacts for women, youth, the elderly, racial and ethnic minority groups, and migrants, revealing an articulation of precarity and social cleavages. Third, research on the politics associated with precarious work and how some precarious workers have successfully organized and mobilized their interests, such as by unionizing and becoming involved in electoral politics. Still, questions remain regarding precarious work: how precarious workers differ from regular workers in representing their interests and demands and whether precarious workers are a new, independent social class or remain part of a changing working class. Finally, topics for future research on the global dimensions of precarious work are discussed.

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Section: Forms Of Precarious Workmentioning

confidence: 99%