Will the Gig Economy Prevail?

by Colin Crouch

Book Overview

Increasingly employees are being falsely treated as 'self-employed' in order to weaken their rights and security. This phenomenon - the 'gig economy' - is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come.

In this book leading authority 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, despite many changes and threats, shown a curious persistence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509532447
• ISBN13: 9781509532445
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 7.4"