• Precarious Work

References for Theme: Precarious Work

• Alberti, Gabriella; Bessa, Ioulia; Hardy, Kate; Trappmann, Vera; Umney, Charles
• "In, Against and Beyond Precarity: Work in Insecure Times" (2018)

• Federici, Silvia
• "Precarious labor: A feminist viewpoint" (2008)

• Greer, Ian
• "Welfare Reform, Precarity and the Re-commodification of Labour" (2016)

• Kim, T J; von dem Knesebeck, O
• "Perceived job insecurity, unemployment and depressive symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies" (2016)

• Komlosy, Andrea
• "Informalität aus globalhistorischer Perspektive" (2015)

• Komlosy, Andrea; Parnreiter, Christof; Stacher, Irene; Zimmermann, Susan
• Der informelle Sektor: Konzepte, Widersprüche und Debatten (1997)

• Kovesi, Caroline; Kern, Leslie
• "“I choose to be here”: Tensions between autonomy and precarity in craft market vendors’ work" (2018)

  (p.171) Although we do not seek to romanticize precarity, our research illustrates that artistic workers may have different experiences of precarity than other kinds of workers affected by the shift to casualized employment, such as retail service workers or contract academics. However, we note that for craft vendors, a strong sense of identity as proud, independent artisans and an attachment to the autonomy inherent in their work, as well as conditions of this work itself, may actually hinder their abilities and desires to work collectively or to advocate for changes that might ameliorate more negative aspects of their precarious work conditions,...

• "“I choose to be here”: Tensions between autonomy and precarity in craft market vendors’ work" (2018)

  (p.182) For many, the major draws of artistic labor and self-employment are autonomy, freedom, and flexibility. Vending at the craft market offered a relatively low-cost and lowcommitment opportunity for artisans to sell their own products and reach a large customer base without having to invest in retail space or commit to set days and hours of work. However, as scholarly research on flexible, creative, non-standard self-employment shows, these qualities almost invariably come at the expense of security, income, benefits, unionization, and stability. Stress, long hours, and self-sacrifice may become an accepted standard in casualized creative labor, as the individual “autonomous” worker...

• "“I choose to be here”: Tensions between autonomy and precarity in craft market vendors’ work" (2018)

• McGann, Michael; White, Kevin; Moss, Jeremy
• "Labour Casualization and the Psychosocial Health of Workers in Australia" (2016)

• Mosoetsa, Sarah; Stillerman, Joel; Tilly, Chris
• "Precarious Labor, South and North: An Introduction" (2016)

• Nonstandard Work: The Nature and Challenges of Changing Employment Arrangements
• Nonstandard Work: The Nature and Challenges of Changing Employment Arrangements (2000)

• Standing, Guy
• "Global feminization through flexible labor" (1989)

• The Precariat (2011)

• "The Precariat: from Denizens to Citizens?" (2012)

• "Understanding the precariat through labour and work" (2014)

• Tilly, Chris
• "Dualism in part-time employment" (1992)