{"product_id":"9781447369257","title":"Varieties of Precarity : Melting Labour and the Failure to Protect Workers in the Korean Welfare State by Sophia Seung-yoon Lee","description":"ePDFs of chapters 1, 2 and 7 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND license.   Despite recent achievements in the South Korean economy and development within welfare institutions, new forms of precarious work continue to prevail. This book introduces the concept of `melting labour', which refers to the blurring of boundaries between traditional forms of work and workplace and the dissolution of standard employment relationships. Presenting a theoretical framework at the intersection of `melting labour' and institutional protection of workers, it addresses how and why the Korean welfare state has failed to protect precarious workers. Based on rich, in-depth interviews with over 80 precarious workers in Korea, from subcontracted manufacturing workers to platform workers, it provides a real depiction of how workers lose control over their lives and experience precariousness in labour markets.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56299695243637,"sku":"9781447369257","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781447369257.jpg?v=1762786221","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781447369257","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}