Varieties of Precarity - Sophia Seung-yoon Lee

Varieties of Precarity

Melting Labour and the Failure to Protect Workers in the Korean Welfare State
Buch | Hardcover
210 Seiten
2023
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-6925-7 (ISBN)
99,75 inkl. MwSt
Based on in-depth interviews with over 80 precarious workers in Korea, this book introduces the concept of 'melting labour' and provides a real depiction of how workers lose control over their lives and experience precariousness in labour markets.
Despite recent achievements in the South Korean economy and development within welfare institutions, new forms of precarious work continue to prevail.





This book introduces the concept of ‘melting labour’, which refers to the blurring of boundaries between traditional forms of work and workplace and the dissolution of standard employment relationships. Presenting a theoretical framework at the intersection of ‘melting labour’ and institutional protection of workers, it addresses how and why the Korean welfare state has failed to protect precarious workers.





Based on rich, in-depth interviews with over 80 precarious workers in Korea, from subcontracted manufacturing workers to platform workers, it provides a real depiction of how workers lose control over their lives and experience precariousness in labour markets.

Sophia Seung-yoon Lee is Professor of Social Policy in the Department of Social Welfare at Chung-Ang University.

1. Introduction: Melting labour and institutional inconsistency


2. Social protection policies and the South Korean labour market in comparative perspective


3. When insiders are kicked out: layoffs of regular workers in manufacturing


4. Same boat, different destiny: subcontracted workers in the Korean shipbuilding industry


5. Young and old outsourced female workers in call centres and cleaning services


6. Are freelancers really free? The Korean freelance labour market and the precarity of young freelancers


7. The digital precariat: various Korean platform workers and the new work logic


8. Conclusion: Towards universal institutional protection for precarious workers in the era of melting labour

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
Zusatzinfo 30 Tables, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Makroökonomie
ISBN-10 1-4473-6925-4 / 1447369254
ISBN-13 978-1-4473-6925-7 / 9781447369257
Zustand Neuware
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