In this Foreword to the special issue 'In, Against and Beyond Precarity'the guest editors take
stock of the existing literature on precarity, highlighting the strengths and limitations of using …

Precarious work is increasingly considered the new 'norm'to which employment and social
protection systems must adjust. This article explores the contradictions and tensions that …

This article questions whether the dominant policy discourse, in which a normative model of
standard employment is counterposed to 'non‐standard'or 'atypical'employment, enables us …

Employment is becoming less secure. In the wealthy economies of the Global North, the
traditional permanent job from which a worker could expect to earn a living wage over years …

Ensuring social responsibility is a continued challenge in value creation processes that are
globally dispersed among multiple organizations. We use the literature on …

As job security declines and precarious employment arrangements become more prevalent,
transferable skills have become vital for job seeking success. In recognition of this issue …

The delivery of public services by nonprofit and for-profit providers alters the nature of
services and jobs, often in unintended and undesired ways. We argue that these effects …

A distinct feature of China's involvement in the economic development of African countries in
recent years has been the Chinese government's financing and participation in infrastructure …

This study aimed to find out how heterogeneous temporary employment is reflected in later
labour market attachment. Using data from Finnish Quality of Work Life Surveys in 1990 …

Global supply chains in the garment industry are marked by labour standard violations in
factories as well as retail stores. Against this background it is important to strengthen the …