Temporary work : the gendered rise of a precarious employment relationship / Leah F. Vosko.
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University of Toronto Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.
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Table of 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
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