Temporary Work : : The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship / / Leah Faith Vosko.
The first in-depth analysis of temporary work in Canada, Leah F. Vosko's important new book examines a number of important trends, including the commodification of labour power; the decline of the full-time, full-year job as a norm; and the gendered character of prevailing employment relationsh...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. 'Labour Is Not a Commodity': Shifting Employment Norms and the Modern Labour Market Intermediary
- 2. Putting Workers in Their Place: The Early History of Private Employment Agencies
- 3. 'Halfway Houses' for 'Housewives': The Birth of the Temporary Help Industry
- 4. From Stop-Gap Workers to Staffing Services: The Expansion of the Temporary Help Industry
- 5. Promising 'Flexibility' and Delivering Precariousness: The Shape of the Contemporary Temporary Employment Relationship
- 6. 'Flexible Workers,' Intractable Regulatory Regime: Regulating the Contemporary Temporary Employment Relationship
- 7. 'No Jobs, Lots of Work': The Rise of the Temporary Employment Relationship and the Emergence of Workfare-Driven Social Policy
- 8. The Challenge of Limiting Labour Market Fragmentation
- Appendix A: Qualitative Methodology
- Appendix B: Interwievs
- Notes
- References
- Index