Temporary Work : The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship.
Vosko, Leah Faith.
Temporary Work : The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (396 pages) - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series . - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series .
Intro -- 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: Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Taking gender as a central lens of analysis, this important new book explores how, and to what extent, 'temporary work' is becoming a norm for a diverse group of workers in the labour market.
9781442680432
Temporary employment-Canada-History-20th century.
Sexual division of labor-Canada-History-20th century.
Women-Employment-Canada-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
HD5854.2.C2.V675 2000
Temporary Work : The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (396 pages) - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series . - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series .
Intro -- 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: Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Taking gender as a central lens of analysis, this important new book explores how, and to what extent, 'temporary work' is becoming a norm for a diverse group of workers in the labour market.
9781442680432
Temporary employment-Canada-History-20th century.
Sexual division of labor-Canada-History-20th century.
Women-Employment-Canada-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
HD5854.2.C2.V675 2000