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Labour market deprivation, welfare and collectivism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Duncan Gallie  and
Carolyn Vogler
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Changes in labour market conditions over the last ten years have led to renewed speculation about the future of collectivist attitudes. In Britain, the most striking change has been the sharp rise in the level of unemployment which doubled between 1979 and 1981. However, many commentators have also suggested that profound changes are occurring in the character of employment, in particular through the rise of more precarious types of work. On one estimate, fully a third of British employees could now be considered part of the ‘flexible’ workforce (Hakim 1987). Overall, there has been an increase in the level of insecurity and a marked accentuation of financial inequality.

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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , June 1990 , pp. 81 - 113
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Copyright © Archives Européenes de Sociology 1990

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