ABSTRACT
There was a strong perception that the UK workforce in the mid-1990s was feeling especially ‘insecure’. It was believed that ‘jobs for life’ were a thing of the past. It was also believed that the UK had experienced especially rapid growth in ‘non-standard’ or ‘flexible’ forms of work, such as part-time, temporary and selfemployment. It has been suggested that these developments may have contributed to the electoral defeat of the incumbent Conservative Government in 1997.
