Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction: Work in the New Economy ix
5. Part I. Changing Structures and Processes in the New Economy
6. 1. The “New Economy” and Capitalism Today 1
7. 2. Work, Welfare, and the New Economy 21
8. 3. Restructuring Work and Labour Markets in the New Economy 43
9. 4. Global Restructuring of Value Chains and Class Issues 65
10. Part II. Transformations in Work and Labour Processes
11. 5. Labour Casualization in the Public Sector 91
12. 6. Dialling for Service 111
13. 7. Student Workers and the “New Economy” of Mid-Sized Cities 129
14. 8. Labour Migration and Temporary Work 149
15. 9. Scripting Taste, Marking Distinction 173
16. 10. Regeneration among Coal-Mining Communities in Canada and the UK 195
17. Part III. Unions and Forms of Resistance
18. 11. Militancy and Resistance in the New Economy 215
19. 12. Labour Fragmentation and New Forms of Organizing and Bargaining in the Service Sector 235
20. Glossary of Terms 257
21. Notes on Contributors 269
22. Index 275