Includes bibliographical references and index.

Probing Precarious Work: Theory, Research, and Politics / Arne L. Kalleberg and Steven P. Vallas Part One: Theory and Method -- Precarious work, regime of competition and the case of Europe / Valeria Pulignano -- Classification Struggles in Semi-Formal and Precarious Work: Lessons from Inmate Labor and Cultural Production / Michael Gibson-Light -- Non-Standard Employment and Subjective Insecurity: how Can We Capture Job Precarity Using Survey Data? / Anna Kiersztyn Part Two: Precarious Work in the United States -- Bad Jobs in a Troubled Economy: The Impact of the Great Recession in America's Major Metropolitan Areas / Michael Wallace and Joonghyun Kwak -- Hackathons as Co-optation Ritual: Socializing Workers and Institutionalizing Innovation in the New Economy / Sharon Zukin and Max Papadantonakis -- A Racial-Gender Lens on Precarious Employment / Enobong Hannah Branch and Caroline Hanley -- The Gender of Layoffs in the Oil and Gas Industry / Christine L. Williams Part Three: International Perspectives on Precarious Work -- The Rise of Precarious Employment in Germany / David Brady and Thomas Biegert -- Precarious Work in Europe: Assessing Cross-National Differences and Institutional Determinants of Work Precarity in 32 European Countries / Quan D. Mai -- Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalisation, Production Relations and 'Precarity' / Michael Rogan, Sally Roever, Martha Alter Chen, and Francoise Carre -- Determinants of Participation in Precarious Work in India: An Empirical Analysis / Rahul Suresh Sapkal and K.R. Shyam Sundar Part Four: The Consequences of Precarious Work -- Precarious Early Careers: Instability and Timing within Labor Market Entry / Dirk Witteveen -- "Bad Jobs" for Marriage: Job Quality and the Transition to First Marriage / Sojung Lim -- ?You Don't Dare Plan Much?: Contract work and Personal Life for International Early-Career Professionals / Aliya Hamid Rao.

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