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Privatization, Hybridization and Resistance in Contemporary Care Work 当代护理工作中的私营化、杂化与反抗

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv17vf52v.10

P. Armstrong, D. Baines

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Austerity, Personalized Funding and the Degradation of Care Work: 紧缩、个性化供资和护理工作退化:

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv17vf52v.14

D. Baines, D. Young

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Stepping Stone or Dead End? The Ambiguities of Platform-Mediated Domestic Work under Conditions of Austerity. Comparative Landscapes of Austerity and the Gig Economy: New York and Berlin 踏脚石还是死胡同?紧缩条件下平台介导的国内工作的模糊性。紧缩与零工经济的比较景观:纽约与柏林

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.46692/9781529208689.003

N. Doorn

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‘The most striking progressive achievement in labor and employment policy’? The Scottish Living Wage in Social Care during Austerity “劳动和就业政策方面最显著的进步成就”?财政紧缩时期社会保障中的苏格兰生活工资

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv17vf52v.17

Alina M. Baluch

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List of Figures and Tables 图表列表

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv17vf52v.3

S. Metcalfe

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Austerity, Resistance and the Labour Movement 紧缩，抵抗和劳工运动

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv17vf52v.20

H. Blakely, S. Davies

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Understanding Austerity: Its Reach and Presence in the Changing Context of Work and Employment 理解紧缩:它在不断变化的工作和就业环境中的影响和存在

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.46692/9781529208689.001

D. Baines, I. Cunningham

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Austerity: Social Policy, Public Management and Politics of Eldercare Funding in Canada and China 当我们谈论紧缩时我们在谈论什么:加拿大和中国的社会政策、公共管理和老年护理资金的政治

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.46692/9781529208689.007

K. Strauss, Feng Xu

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Trends in Collective Bargaining, Wage Stagnation and Income Inequality under Austerity 紧缩政策下的集体谈判、工资停滞和收入不平等趋势

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv17vf52v.9

I. Cunningham, Philip James

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The Rise of Managerialism in the US: Whither Worker Control? 管理主义在美国的兴起:工人控制向何处去?

Working in the Context of Austerity Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.46692/9781529208689.010

Mimi Abramovitz, J. Zelnick

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