Working in the Context of Austerity

Donna Baines is Director and Professor of Social Work at the University of British Columbia.Ian Cunningham is Head of Department and Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde.

• PART I: IntroductionUnderstanding Austerity: Its Reach and Presence in the Changing Context of Work and Employment ~ Donna Baines and Ian CunninghamPART II: Trends and ThemesThe Age of Increased Precarious Employment: Origins and Implications ~ Wayne LewchukStepping 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 ~ Niels van DoornTrends in Collective Bargaining, Wage Stagnation and Income Inequality under Austerity ~ Ian Cunningham and Philip JamesPrivatization, Hybridization and Resistance in Contemporary Care Work ~ Pat Armstrong and Donna BainesPART III: Case Studies of Austerity in the Private, Public and Nonprofit SectorsNon-Citizenship at Work: Labour Flexibility Behind the Counter in Western Canada ~ Geraldina PolancoWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Austerity: Social Policy, Public Management and Politics of Eldercare Funding in Canada and China ~ Kendra Strauss and Feng XuPublic Sector Reform and Work Restructuring for Firefighters in Scotland ~ Eva Jendro and Dora ScholariosAusterity, Personalized Funding and the Degradation of Care Work: Comparing Scotland’s Self-Directed Support Policy and Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme ~ Donna Baines and Doug YoungThe Rise of Managerialism in the US: Whither Worker Control? ~ Mimi Abramovitz and Jennifer ZelnickAusterity and the Irish Non-Profit Voluntary and Community Sector ~ Pauric O’RourkePART IV: Alternatives and Resistance‘The most striking progressive achievement in labor and employment policy’? The Scottish Living Wage in Social Care during Austerity ~ Alina M. BaluchLegislation: A Double-Edged Sword in Union Resistance to Zero-Hours Work – The Case of Ireland ~ Juliette MacMahon, Lorraine Ryan, Michelle O’Sullivan, Jonathan Lavelle, Caroline Murphy, Mike O’Brien, Tom Turner and Patrick GunnigleMoral Projects and Compromise Resistance: Resisting Uncaring in Non-Profit Care Work ~ Donna BainesAusterity, Resistance and the Labour Movement ~ Helen Blakely and Steve DaviesAfterword: Final Word and the Path Forward – Is the Myth of Austerity Giving Way to Myth of the Robots Taking the Jobs? ~ Jill Rubery