Colin Crouch is Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick and an External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research at Cologne.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations1 The Rise Precarious Work 12 Ambiguities of the Employment Contract 12 3 The Rise, Fall and Persistence of Standard Employement 434 The Changing Shape of Precariousness 745 A New Approach of Employment Security 91References 131

‘A timely and thought-provoking read, lifting the lid on how the gig economy is undermining workers, damaging society and compromising our prosperity. It ought to act as a wake-up call to policy-makers and politicians.’Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress‘Crouch presents a careful discussion of the relevant data and posits a powerful set of proposals for reforming labour markets in the era of the gig economy.’Steven Vallas, Northeastern University

Colin Crouch is Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick and an External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research at Cologne.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations1 The Rise Precarious Work 12 Ambiguities of the Employment Contract 12 3 The Rise, Fall and Persistence of Standard Employement 434 The Changing Shape of Precariousness 745 A New Approach of Employment Security 91References 131

‘A timely and thought-provoking read, lifting the lid on how the gig economy is undermining workers, damaging society and compromising our prosperity. It ought to act as a wake-up call to policy-makers and politicians.’Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress‘Crouch presents a careful discussion of the relevant data and posits a powerful set of proposals for reforming labour markets in the era of the gig economy.’Steven Vallas, Northeastern University

Colin Crouch is Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick and an External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research at Cologne.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations1 The Rise Precarious Work 12 Ambiguities of the Employment Contract 12 3 The Rise, Fall and Persistence of Standard Employement 434 The Changing Shape of Precariousness 745 A New Approach of Employment Security 91References 131

‘A timely and thought-provoking read, lifting the lid on how the gig economy is undermining workers, damaging society and compromising our prosperity. It ought to act as a wake-up call to policy-makers and politicians.’Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress‘Crouch presents a careful discussion of the relevant data and posits a powerful set of proposals for reforming labour markets in the era of the gig economy.’Steven Vallas, Northeastern University