Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley

by Chris Benner

Book Overview

This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labor markets in Silicon Valley. It provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labor including growing volatility in work demands and increasingly tenuous employment relations. Contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631232508
• ISBN13: 9780631232506
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Clears away the hype on the new economy

This book provides the clearest analysis of work in the new economy of anything I've read, using Silicon Valley as the prototypical region of the future of work. It cuts through all the hype, and analyzes both the region's dynamism, but also the reasons behind the volatility, insecurity, and rise in contract/temporary employment. It provides innovative and useful suggestions for ways of increasing security for workers in the region's labor market, while maintaining the region's dynamism. Should be read by every elected official and policy maker in the country, and anyone else concerned about the changing nature of work in the new economy.