An analysis of contingent labor
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An analysis of contingent labor from both a mainstream and from a Marxist standpoint reveals that employment contingency involves arrangements characterized by a lack of commitment on the part of both the employer and the employed to long-term employment or job security. Part-time and contractual work contracts are good examples of such arrangements. There has been an upsurge in the number of contingent laborers in the 1980s, most of whom are young women or members of racial minorities. Such workers were found to be underpaid in terms of both wages and benefits. To a Marxist economist, the phenomenon is consistent with businesses' goal of maximizing profits.
Publication Name: Review of Radical Political Economics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0486-6134
Year: 1991
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From segmentation to flexibility: a selective survey
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A survey of the literature on the segmentation of the labor market reveals that the theory of labor market segmentation has evolved to account for the existence of urban poverty and unemployment in the midst of a relatively affluent and advanced capitalist economy. It was not long before fragmentation theories were superceded by labor market flexibility concepts where firms, in response to changing and worsening conditions in the 1980s, had the leeway to adjust wages, employment and functional relationships. The laws of supply and demand are seen to erase the imaginary boundaries existing in a dual market.
Publication Name: Review of Radical Political Economics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0486-6134
Year: 1991
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The subjectivity of intelligence analysis and implications for the U.S. national security strategy
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Misunderstandings regarding the role of the intelligence in supporting the Iraq war have raised questions regarding the intelligence estimates. Intelligence should be made more effective by leaving behind the misguided questions related to the Iraq war and separating the question regarding the way in which the policy should be decided when faced by increased uncertainty and elusive enemies.
Publication Name: SAIS Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0036-0775
Year: 2004
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