<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The rise of atypical forms of employment invites us to scrutinize unemployment benefit provision. Unlike the modern world of employment, based on “standard employment contract,” wage-earners in the performing arts advocate for the highly flexible regime of “intermittent” employment. Through the study of the effects of a deregulated market on careers, status and meaning of work, shared by atypical wage-earners, our aim is to understand the informal role of this compensation policy for their self-conception.</p></abstract>

The rise of atypical forms of employment invites us to scrutinize unemployment benefit provision. Unlike the modern world of employment, based on “standard employment contract,” wage-earners in the performing arts advocate for the highly flexible regime of “intermittent” employment. Through the study of the effects of a deregulated market on careers, status and meaning of work, shared by atypical wage-earners, our aim is to understand the informal role of this compensation policy for their self-conception.

Unemployment Benefit at Work. The Appropriation of a Public Policy by Intermittent Workers in the Performing Arts in France

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The rise of atypical forms of employment invites us to scrutinize unemployment benefit provision. Unlike the modern world of employment, based on “standard...

Unemployment Benefit at Work. The Appropriation of a Public Policy by Intermittent Workers in the Performing Arts in France

Data publikacji: 29 maj 2017

Zakres stron: 285 - 308

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0016

Słowa kluczowe
non-standard employment, unemployment benefit, autonomy, regulation

© 2017 Chloé Langeard, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Unemployment Benefit at Work. The Appropriation of a Public Policy by Intermittent Workers in the Performing Arts in France

Data publikacji: 29 maj 2017

Zakres stron: 285 - 308

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0016

Słowa kluczowenon-standard employment, unemployment benefit, autonomy, regulation

© 2017 Chloé Langeard, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
non-standard employment, unemployment benefit, autonomy, regulation