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Nice work if you can get it : life and labor in precarious times /

Is 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 wor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, Andrew, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Colección:NYU series in social and cultural analysis.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The mercurial career of creative industries: policymaking in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States
  • China's next cultural revolution?
  • The Olympic goose that lays the golden egg
  • Teamsters, turtles, and tainted toys
  • Learning from San Ysidro
  • The copyright fight over intellectual property
  • The rise of the global university
  • Conclusions: maps and charters.