'Marginalised' workers of the late twentieth century were those last hired in times of plenty and first fired in times of recession. Often women, Maori, or peop

Working at the Margins describes and analyzes the move, from welfare rolls to paid employment, of adults who were marginalized from the mainstream by race, ethn

The realities of globalization have produced a surprising reversal in the focus and strategies of labor movements around the world. After years of neglect and e

Bringing together ethnographic case studies of industrial labor from different parts of the world, Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism explores the in

This book explores the precarious margins of contemporary labour markets. Over the last few decades, there has been much discussion of a shift from full-time pe