The idea behind this book is thrilling: If we presuppose that we since a couple of decades live in an era of flexibility in working life – in which way has the quality of jobs been changed? Now, since a long time, we know that the concept of ‘flexibility’ is of various meanings and often deceptive (Furaker et al. 2007; Skorstad & Ramsdal 2016). It is strongly value laden in that everything that is flexible stands out as something good and every word combined with flexibility becomes a good word – wage flexibility, organizational flexibility, time flexibility, flexible labor market, flexible working life. Who can be against flexibility? Who can call for three cheers for rigidity? (...)

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汤米·伊西多森（Tommy Isidorsson）和朱莉娅·库比萨（Julia Kubisa）（编辑）：灵活性时代的工作质量。欧洲背景下的经验，Routledge，2019

本书背后的想法令人振奋：如果我们假设自从几十年以来我们生活在一个工作生活灵活的时代，那工作方式的质量发生了什么变化？现在，很长一段时间以来，我们知道“灵活性”的概念具有多种含义，并且常常具有欺骗性（Furaker等人，2007； Skorstad和Ramsdal，2016）。高度灵活的价值在于，凡是具有灵活性的事物都可以说是一件好事，而与灵活性相结合的每个词都可以成为一个好词-工资灵活性，组织灵活性，时间灵活性，灵活的劳动力市场，灵活的工作寿命。谁会反对灵活性？谁可以要求三声欢呼来保持僵硬？（...）