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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.

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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

Varieties of Precarity

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 27 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9781447369257
      978-1447369257
      ISBN-10 1447369254
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      Business, Finance & Law Labour / income economics Sociology: work and labour

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      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

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