04460nam 2200697 450 991045654230332120200520144314.01-4426-8043-110.3138/9781442680432(CKB)2430000000001436(EBL)4672002(SSID)ssj0000378204(PQKBManifestationID)11262866(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378204(PQKBWorkID)10351887(PQKB)11232106(CaBNvSL)thg00600683 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255510(MiAaPQ)EBC4672002(DE-B1597)464916(OCoLC)1013966627(OCoLC)944177514(DE-B1597)9781442680432(Au-PeEL)EBL4672002(CaPaEBR)ebr11257688(OCoLC)288112724(EXLCZ)99243000000000143620160922h20002000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTemporary work the gendered rise of a precarious employment relationship /Leah F. VoskoToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2000.©20001 online resource (396 p.)Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy ;11Description based upon print version of record.0-8020-8334-X 0-8020-4792-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexThe 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 relationships. Spanning the period from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, Temporary Work traces the evolution of the temporary employment relationship in Canada and places it in an international context. It explores how, and to what extent, 'temporary work' is becoming a norm for a diverse group of workers in the labour market, taking gender as a central lens of analysis.Recent scholarship emphasizes that the nature of work is changing, citing the spread of non-standard forms of employment and the rise in women's participation in the labour force. Vosko confirms that important changes are indeed taking place in the labour market, but argues that these changes are best understood in historical, economic and political contexts. This book will be invaluable to academics in a variety of disciplines as well as to policy analysts and practitioners.Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ;11.Temporary employmentCanadaHistory20th centurySexual division of laborCanadaHistory20th centuryWomenEmploymentCanadaHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Temporary employmentHistorySexual division of laborHistoryWomenEmploymentHistory331.25/72Vosko Leah F.875377MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456542303321Temporary work2451831UNINA