The Political Economy of Precarious Work
25 August 2011
The Political Economy of Precarious Work
The making of the ‘precariat’ is a multilevel process. It is an interaction between abuse of economic power, economic liberalization, global capital mobility, fierce lobbying against protective labour laws, and a whole range of state policies guided by economic thinking that believes in the efficiency of free markets.
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