Book Review of Precarious Lives: Job Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies by Arne L. Kalleberg

Abstract

As headlines around the globe reference rising rates of income inequality, pervasive feelings of economic insecurity, growing tensions around gig employment, the increasing influence of populist movements, and widespread youth disaffection, Arne Kalleberg’s Precarious Lives: Job Insecurity and Well- Being in Rich Democracies could not be timelier.