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Temporary Work : The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy SeriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (396 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442680432
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Temporary WorkLOC classification:
  • HD5854.2.C2.V675 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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