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Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley
By Chris Benner
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Start ReadingLength: 314 pages6 hours
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Released:
- Apr 30, 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780470695418
- Format:
- Book
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This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley. It provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
Contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley.
Provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
Examines the increasingly important role of labor market intermediaries.
Shows that some workers clearly thrive in this vibrant context, but many face high levels of insecurity admist growing inquality.
Contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley.
Provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
Examines the increasingly important role of labor market intermediaries.
Shows that some workers clearly thrive in this vibrant context, but many face high levels of insecurity admist growing inquality.
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Start ReadingBook Information
Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley
By Chris Benner
Length: 314 pages6 hours
Description
This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley. It provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
Contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley.
Provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
Examines the increasingly important role of labor market intermediaries.
Shows that some workers clearly thrive in this vibrant context, but many face high levels of insecurity admist growing inquality.
Contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley.
Provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations.
Examines the increasingly important role of labor market intermediaries.
Shows that some workers clearly thrive in this vibrant context, but many face high levels of insecurity admist growing inquality.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Released:
- Apr 30, 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780470695418
- Format:
- Book
About the author
Chris Benner is the Dorothy E. Everett Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship, Director of the Everett Program for Digital Tools for Social Innovation, and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research examines the relationships between technological change, regional development, and structures of economic opportunity, including regional labor markets and restructuring of work and employment. His most recent book, coauthored with Manuel Pastor, is Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America’s Metropolitan Region. Other books include This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America, and Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley.
Manuel Pastor is Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as Director of USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and Codirector of USC's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). His most recent book, coauthored with Chris Benner, is Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America’s Metropolitan Region. He is also the coauthor of Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future, and This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America.
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