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Managing the Margins: Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment

By Leah F. Vosko

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
0199574812, 9780199574810
LCC
HD5854 .V67 2010
Open Library ID
OL24566089M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2570488 bytes)
Pages
320\330
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book explores the precarious margins of contemporary labor markets. Over the last few decades, there has been much discussion of a shift from full-time permanent jobs to higher levels of part-time and temporary employment and self-employment. Despite such attention, regulatory approaches have not adapted accordingly. Instead, in the absence of genuine alternatives, old regulatory models are applied to new labour market realities, leaving the most precarious forms of employment intact. The book places this disjuncture in historical context and focuses on its implications for workers most likely to be at the margins, particularly women and migrants, using illustrations from Australia, the United States, and Canada, as well as member states of the European Union. Managing the Margins provides a rigorous analysis of national and international regulatory approaches, drawing on original and extensive qualitative and quantitative material. It innovates by analyzing the historical and contemporary interplay of employment norms, gender relations, and citizenship boundaries.

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