Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe

Collective Experiences of Protection and Representation

Southern European Societies series

Edited by Sofía Pérez de Guzmán, Professor of Sociology of Work, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio, Professor of Sociology, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain and Ivana Pais, Professor of Economic Sociology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe investigates the manifold challenges posed by the continued expansion of the platform economy, the rise of non-standard forms of employment, and the diversification of work identities.

‘Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe presents new insights into the growing world of contingent work, which is particularly significant in Southern Europe. A must read for everybody looking for inspiring cases of collective representation of platform workers and freelancers as well as conceptual tools for analyzing new forms of representation and social dialogue among contingent workers.’
– Anna Ilsøe, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

‘Extremely impressive and highly recommendable, this book contributes to the understanding of the South-European countries’ model of work and employment, in the context of rising contingent work and problematic collective representation for atypical workers. The new aspirations and needs of Italian and Spanish contingent workers are explored together with the innovative forms of collective action.’
– Vassil Kirov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria