Here you will find a full record of the articles and publications that we have been discussing in our fortnightly meetings.
Do you have a reading suggestion? Let us know by emailing our coordinators Will (wjf30@cam.ac.uk) or Hong (hyl48@cam.ac.uk). All ideas are welcome!
Academic year 2019/20
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31 Oct
2019
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TBA |
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14 Nov
2019 |
TBA |
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28 Nov
2018
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TBA |
Academic year 2018/19
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18 Oct
2018
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Frayne, D. (2016). Stepping outside the circle: the ecological promise of shorter working hours. Green Letters, 20(2), 197–212.
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1st Nov
2018
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Okamoto, D., & England, P. (1999). Is There a Supply-Side to Occupational Sex Segregation? Sociological Perspectives, 42(4), 557–582.
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15 Nov
2018
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Munshi, K. (2011). Strength in Numbers: Networks as a Solution to Occupational Traps. The Review of Economic Studies, 78(3), 1069–1101.
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29 Nov
2018
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Inanc, H. (2018). Unemployment, Temporary Work, and Subjective Well-Being: The Gendered Effect of Spousal Labor Market Insecurity. American Sociological Review, 83(3), 536–566.
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Academic year 2017/18
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19 Oct
2017
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Spector, P. E., Cooper, C. L., Poelmans, S., Allen, T. D., O’Driscoll, M., Sanchez, J. I., … Yu. (2004). A Cross-National Comparative Study of Work-Family Stressors, Working Hours, and Well-Being: China and Latin America Versus the Anglo World. Personnel Psychology, 57(1), 119–142.
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2 Nov
2017
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Felstead, A., & Green, F. (2017). Working longer and harder? A critical assessment of work effort in Britain in comparison to Europe. In D. Grimshaw, C. Fagan, G. Hebson, & I. Tavora (Eds.), Making work more equal: A new labour market segmentation approach (pp. 188–207). Manchester: Manchester University Press.
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30 Nov
2017
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Department for Work & Pensions / Department of Health & Social Care (2017) “Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives”
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Bryce, A. (2017). What kind of work is the most meaningful? The impact of job type on eudaimonic well-being. In Quality of life and personal well-being: Research and data showcase. London: 27 November.
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3 May
2018
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Salais, R. (2007). Europe and the Deconstruction of the Category “Unemployment.” Archiv Für Sozialgeschichte, 47, 371–401.
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Academic year 2016/17
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13 Oct
2016
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Marglin, S. A. (1974). What Do Bosses Do? Review of Radical Political Economics, 6(2), 60–112.
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27 Oct
2016
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Fernández-Macías, E., & Hurley, J. (2016). Routine-biased technical change and job polarization in Europe. Socio-Economic Review
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11 Nov
2016
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Costas, J., & Kärreman, D. (2016). The bored self in knowledge work. Human Relations, 69(1), 61–83.
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24 Nov
2016
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Jokela, M. (2015). Macro-Level Determinants of Paid Domestic Labour Prevalence: A Cross-National Analysis of Seventy-Four Countries. Social Policy and Society, 14(3), 385–405.
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26 Jan
2017
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Wright, E. O. (2016). Is the Precariat a Class? Global Labour Journal, 7(2).
Standing, G. (2016). The Precariat, Class and Progressive Politics: A Response. Global Labour Journal, 7(2).
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23 Feb
2017
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Levine, D. P., & Rizvi, S. A. T. (2005). Work and freedom. In D. P. Levine & S. A. T. Rizvi (Eds.), Poverty, work, and freedom: Political economy and the moral order (pp. 78–94). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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9 March
2017
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Bent, P. H. (2017). Historical Perspectives on Precarious Work: The Cases of Egypt and India under British Imperialism. Global Labour Journal, 8(1).
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