Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK: The Comparative Experience of Labo

Description: Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK by Alessio Bertolini This book offers a comparative exploration of the various disadvantages experienced by a category of atypical workers compared to standard employees, in the UK and Italy, and considers whether and how the differences can be attributed to contrasting institutional settings and political economies.Bertolini explores the lived experience of these workers, and demonstrates how institutional variables interact in complex ways with individual socio-demographic characteristics as well as the broader socio-economic context to shape individual disadvantages and engender different experiences of precariousness. Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK will be of interest to students and scholars of political economy, sociology of work, welfare studies, labour market policy, and industrial relations. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover This book offers a comparative exploration of the various disadvantages experienced by a category of atypical workers compared to standard employees, in the UK and Italy, and considers whether and how the differences can be attributed to contrasting institutional settings and political economies. Bertolini explores the lived experience of these workers, and demonstrates how institutional variables interact in complex ways with individual socio-demographic characteristics as well as the broader socio-economic context to shape individual disadvantages and engender different experiences of precariousness. Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK will be of interest to students and scholars of political economy, sociology of work, welfare studies, labour market policy, and industrial relations. Author Biography Alessio Bertolini is Research Associate in the School of Law at the University of Glasgow, UK. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.- 2. Analysing Atypical Workers Disadvantages in a Comparative Perspective.- 3. Temporary Agency Work and Employment Precariousness.- 4. Temporary Agency Work and Work Precariousness.- 5. Temporary Agency Work and Income Precariousness.- 6. Conclusions. Feature Compares the disadvantages experienced by one specific category of atypical workers, namely temporary agency (TA) workers, one of the most rapidly increasing types of atypical employment in the past two decades Considers two countries which have been regarded as very different in terms of employment-related institutional divides Draws heavily upon original primary data collected through 50 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with full-time TA workers and other relevant stakeholders in comparable British and Italian cities Details ISBN303040191X Author Alessio Bertolini Year 2020 ISBN-10 303040191X ISBN-13 9783030401917 Format Hardcover Short Title Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK Language English Subtitle The Comparative Experience of Labour Market Disadvantage DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-40192-4 Pages 243 Publication Date 2020-05-14 Edition 1st Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland UK Release Date 2020-05-14 Illustrations 1 Illustrations, color; 6 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 243 p. 7 illus., 1 illus. in color. Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2020 Series Work and Welfare in Europe Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Alternative 9783030401948 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131022193;

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