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Varieties of Precarity: Melting Labour and the Failure to Protect Workers in the Korean Welfare State

by Sophia Seung-Yoon Lee
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781447369257
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Policy Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 224
  • Original Price: GBP 80.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 472 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Public Policy / Social Policy and Technology Studies

Despite recent achievements in the South Korean economy and development within welfare institutions, new forms of precarious work continue to prevail.

This book introduces the concept of 'melting labour', which refers to the blurring of boundaries between traditional forms of work and workplace and the dissolution of standard employment relationships. Presenting a theoretical framework at the intersection of 'melting labour' and institutional protection of workers, it addresses how and why the Korean welfare state has failed to protect precarious workers.

Based on rich, in-depth interviews with over 80 precarious workers in Korea, from subcontracted manufacturing workers to platform workers, it provides a real depiction of how workers lose control over their lives and experience precariousness in labour markets.

Seung-Yoon Lee, Sophia: - Sophia Seung-yoon Lee is a Professor of Social Policy in the Department of Social Welfare at Chung-Ang University.

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