LEADER 04409nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910454006103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-7739-2 010 $a0-8147-7635-3 010 $a1-4416-1568-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814777398 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786049 035 $a(EBL)865907 035 $a(OCoLC)779828294 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000211175 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175544 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211175 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291908 035 $a(PQKB)11307426 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326143 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865907 035 $a(OCoLC)429904723 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10403 035 $a(DE-B1597)547637 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814777398 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865907 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10294866 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786049 100 $a20081022d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNice work if you can get it$b[electronic resource] $elife and labor in precarious times /$fAndrew Ross 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aNYU series in social and cultural analysis 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-7691-4 311 $a0-8147-7629-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 The Mercurial Career of Creative Industries Policymaking in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States -- $t2 China?s Next Cultural Revolution? -- $t3 The Olympic Goose That Lays the Golden Egg -- $t4 Teamsters, Turtles, and Tainted Toys -- $t5 Learning from San Ysidro -- $t6 The Copyfight over Intellectual Property -- $t7 The Rise of the Global University -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $a2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIs job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just that?a dream?In Nice Work If You Can Get It, Andrew Ross surveys the new topography of the global workplace and finds an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven development on a massive scale. Combining detailed case studies with lucid analysis and graphic prose, he looks at what the new landscape of contingent employment means for workers across national, class, and racial lines?from the emerging ?creative class? of high-wage professionals to the multitudes of temporary, migrant, or low-wage workers. Developing the idea of ?precarious livelihoods? to describe this new world of work and life, Ross explores what it means in developed nations?comparing the creative industry policies of the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, as well as developing countries?by examining the quickfire transformation of China?s labor market. He also responds to the challenge of sustainability, assessing the promise of ?green jobs? through restorative alliances between labor advocates and environmentalists.Ross argues that regardless of one?s views on labor rights, globalization, and quality of life, this new precarious and ?indefinite life,&? and the pitfalls and opportunities that accompany it is likely here to stay and must be addressed in a systematic way. A more equitable kind of knowledge society emerges in these pages?less skewed toward flexploitation and the speculative beneficiaries of intellectual property, and more in tune with ideals and practices that are fair, just, and renewable. 410 0$aNYU series in social and cultural analysis. 606 $aEmployment in foreign countries 606 $aForeign workers 606 $aGlobalization 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEmployment in foreign countries. 615 0$aForeign workers. 615 0$aGlobalization. 676 $a331.6/2 700 $aRoss$b Andrew$f1956-$0148210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454006103321 996 $aNice work if you can get it$92482674 997 $aUNINA