03959nam 2200721Ia 450 991096623980332120251112210653.01-135-28471-71-282-25664-597866122566460-203-87442-0(CKB)1000000000773496(EBL)446572(OCoLC)654780609(SSID)ssj0000161065(PQKBManifestationID)12038018(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161065(PQKBWorkID)10190720(PQKB)11154201(MiAaPQ)EBC446572(Au-PeEL)EBL446572(CaPaEBR)ebr10326769(CaONFJC)MIL225664(PPN)155870114(EXLCZ)99100000000077349620090116d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGender and the contours of precarious employment /edited by Leah F. Vosko, Martha MacDonald, and Iain Campbell1st ed.New York, NY Routledgec20091 online resource (295 p.)Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ;8Description based upon print version of record.0-415-49454-0 0-415-49236-X Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Gender and the concept of precarious employment; 2 Canada: Gendered precariousness and social reproduction; 3 The United States: Different sources of precariousness in a mosaic of employment arrangements; 4 Australia: Casual employment, part-time employment and the resilience of the male-breadwinner model; 5 Japan: The reproductive bargain and the making of precarious employment; 6 Ireland: Precarious employment in the context of the European Employment Strategy7 The United Kingdom: From flexible employment to vulnerable workers8 The Netherlands: Precarious employment in a context of flexicurity; 9 France: Precariousness, gender and the challenges for labour market policy; 10 Spain: Continuity and change in precarious employment; 11 Germany: Precarious employment and the rise of mini-jobs; 12 Sweden: Precarious work and precarious unemployment; 13 Spatial dimensions of gendered precariousness: Challenges for comparative analysis; 14 Investigating longitudinal dimensions of precarious employment: Conceptual and practical issues15 Precarious lives in the new economy: Comparative intersectional analysis16 Precarious employment in the health-care sector; IndexPrecarious employment presents a monumental challenge to the social, economic, and political stability of labour markets in industrialized societies and there is widespread consensus that its growth is contributing to a series of common social inequalities, especially along the lines of gender and citizenship. The editors argue that these inequalities are evident at the national level across industrialized countries, as well as at the regional level within federal societies, such as Canada, Germany, the United States, and Australia and in the European Union. This book brings tRoutledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ;8.Temporary employmentSexual division of laborWomenEmploymentTemporary employment.Sexual division of labor.WomenEmployment.331.4331.4/25729331.425729Vosko Leah F875377MacDonald Martha1855483Campbell Iain1599508MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966239803321Gender and the contours of precarious employment4453652UNINA