Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship

by Leah F. Vosko

The 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080208334X
• ISBN13: 9780802083340
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"