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Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship »
Authors: Leah F. Vosko
ISBN-13: 9780802083340, ISBN-10: 080208334X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Leah F. Vosko
LEAH F. VOSKO is an assistant professor of labour studies and political science at McMaster University.
Book Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| Introduction | 3 | |
| 1 | 'Labour Is Not a Commodity': Shifting Employment Norms and the Modern Labour Market Intermediary | 14 |
| 2 | Putting Workers in Their Place: The Early History of Private Employment Agencies | 45 |
| 3 | 'Halfway Houses' for 'Housewives': The Birth of the Temporary Help Industry | 78 |
| 4 | From Stop-Gap Workers to Staffing Services: The Expansion of the Temporary Help Industry | 117 |
| 5 | Promising 'Flexibility' and Delivering Precariousness: The Shape of the Contemporary Temporary Employment Relationship | 157 |
| 6 | 'Flexible Workers,' Intractable Regulatory Regime: Regulating the Contemporary Temporary Employment Relationship | 200 |
| 7 | 'No Jobs, Lots of Work': The Rise of the Temporary Employment Relationship and the Emergence of Workfare-Driven Social Policy | 230 |
| 8 | The Challenge of Limiting Labour Market Fragmentation | 251 |
| App. A: Qualitative Methodology | 279 | |
| App. B: Interviews | 281 | |
| Notes | 285 | |
| References | 333 | |
| Index | 359 |
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