Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets: Challenging the Orthodoxy

Intro
 Preface and Acknowledgements
 Contents
 List of Figures
 List of Tables
 1 Introduction: The Precarity Debate
 1.1 What Is at Stake?
 1.2 The Need for Data
 1.3 A Note on Terminology: Precarity, Insecurity, Contingency
 1.4 The Neoliberal Period
 1.5 Class, Work and Workplaces
 1.6 The Structure of the Argument
 References
 2 Theorists of Transformation
 2.1 Introduction
 2.2 Apostles of New Capitalism
 2.3 From Marx to the Multitude
 2.4 From Precarity to the Precariat
 2.5 Beyond the Precariat
 2.6 Dual Labour Markets, Segmentation and Flexibility
 2.7 Summary
 References 3 Conceptualising Precarity and Insecurity3.1 Introduction
 3.2 Visions of Precarity
 3.3 Towards a Definition of Precarity
 3.4 Visions of Insecurity
 3.5 Towards a Definition of Insecurity
 3.6 Summary
 References
 4 Is Work Being De-standardised?
 4.1 Introduction
 4.2 Part-Time Work
 4.3 Temporary Contracts
 4.4 Agency Work
 4.5 Zero-Hours Contracts
 4.6 Self-Employment and the Gig Economy
 4.7 Summary
 References
 5 Is Employment Tenure Declining?
 5.1 Introduction
 5.2 Studies of UK Job Tenure
 5.3 The Aggregate Evolution of Tenure
 5.4 The Pattern of Redundancies 5.5 Female Employment, Part-Time Work and Tenure5.6 Tenure by Job Type
 5.7 Tenure by Employee Characteristics
 5.8 Younger Workers
 5.9 Summary
 References
 6 Rethinking Labour Markets
 6.1 Introduction
 6.2 Employment and Two-Way Dependence
 6.3 Countermovements
 6.4 Reproductive Imperatives
 6.5 The Role of Legislation
 6.6 The Structuring of Labour Markets
 6.7 The Reserve Army
 6.8 Varieties of Self-Employment
 6.9 Summary
 References
 7 An Epidemic of Insecurity?
 7.1 Introduction
 7.2 Drivers of Insecurity
 7.3 The Evolution of Job Tenure Insecurity 7.4 Acute and Generalised Job Tenure Insecurity7.5 Job Status Insecurity
 7.6 Summary
 References
 8 Conclusions
 8.1 The Problems of Precarity and Insecurity
 8.2 Against the Common Sense
 8.3 The Role of Political Economy
 8.4 Precarity and the Retreat from Class
 References
 Appendix
 References
 Index