Varieties of Precarity (eBook)

Melting Labour and the Failure to Protect Workers in the Korean Welfare State

Sophia Seung-yoon Lee (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 1., First Edition
210 Seiten
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-6926-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: East Asian Labour Markets • new forms of work • Precariat • precarious work • South Korean Welfare State • Subcontracted Workers
• ISBN-10: 1-4473-6926-2 / 1447369262
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-6926-4 / 9781447369264