Escaping the precarity trap: A call for creative labour policy

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-438

  Murray, Catherine ^a   Gollmitzer, Mirjam ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

creative economy; creative labour; flexicurity; labour regulation; social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862298219     PISSN: 10286632     EISSN: 14772833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2011.591490     Document Type: Review

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