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Record Nr.

UNINA9910399872503321

Autore

Bertolini Alessio

Titolo

Temporary agency workers in Italy and the UK : the comparative experience of labour market disadvantage  / / by Alessio Bertolini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-40192-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 pages)

Collana

Work and Welfare in Europe

Disciplina

658.3128

361.61

Soggetti

Social policy

Industrial sociology

Labor economics

Political economy

Comparative Social Policy

Sociology of Work

Labor Economics

International Political Economy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.