Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.
Contents:
The happiest interns in the world -- The explosion -- Learning from apprenticeships -- A lawsuit waiting to happen -- Cheerleaders on campus -- No fee for service -- The economics of internships -- Futures market -- What about everybody else? -- The rise and rebellion of the global intern -- Nothing to lose but your cubicles. Appendix A: Intern bill of rights -- Appendix B: Internships and the law.
Summary:
Millions of young people--and increasingly some not-so-young people--now work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand magazine offices, legislative backrooms, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, map the human genome, and pick up garbage. Intern Nation is the first exposé of the exploitative world of internships. In this serious investigative work, Ross Perlin profiles fellow interns, talks to academics and professionals about what unleashed this phenomenon, and explains why the intern boom is perverting workplace practices around the world.
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