TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruyter,Alex de
AU  - Brown,Martyn
TI  - The gig economy
T2  - The economy key ideas
SN  - 9781788210058 (paperback)
AV  - HD5857 .R89 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne
PB  - Agenda Publishing, 
KW  - Precarious employment
KW  - Industrial relations
KW  - Occupations
KW  - Self-employed
KW  - Independent contractors
KW  - Labor market
KW  - Temporary employment
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-102) and index; Introduction -- Theorizing the gig economy -- Working in the gig economy: international trends -- Regulation and lived experience of the gig economy -- Conclusions and implications: from wage economy to gig economy to automated ("no") economy
N2  - The "gig economy" is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. Borrowed from musicians, a "gig" describes a one-night performance, but in the context of general employment, it covers the self-employed who work for hire, those on temporary, short-term contracts and on zero-hours contracts. In this concise overview, Alex de Ruyter and Martyn Brown explain the key facets of the gig economy and explore the dangers and potential it affords. Drawing on recent case-studies from the UK, Europe and the USA, it offers an authoritative guide through the theories and issues that surround the gig economy
ER  -