Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada

Author:   Vosko
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
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9780773529618


Pages:   504
Publication Date:   16 January 2005
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Vosko
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9780773529618


ISBN 10:   0773529616
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   16 January 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contributors include John Anderson (Canadian Council on Social Development), Pat Armstrong (York University), James Beaton (York University), Stephanie Bernstein (University of Quebec at Montreal), Jan Borowy (Ontario Public Sector Employees' Union), Cynthia Cranford (University of Toronto), Tania Das Gupta (York University), Alice de Wolff (Independent Researcher, Toronto), Andrew Jackson (Canadian Labour Congress), Andrew King (United Steel Workers of America), Kate Laxer (York University), Wayne Lewchuk (McMaster University), Katherine Lippel (University of Quebec at Montreal), Chris Schenk (Ontario Federation of Labour), Michael Polanyi (Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives), Emile Tompa (McMaster University and University of Toronto), Heather Scott (University of Toronto and Institute for Work and Health [IWH]), Scott Trevithick (University of Toronto and IWH), Sudipa Bhattacharyya (IWH), Eric Tucker (York University), and Nancy Zukewich (Statistics Canada).

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"""An exemplary piece of interdisciplinary, community-based research and a timely intervention into the debate over precarious employment."" Karen Hughes, Women's Studies, University of Alberta"


An exemplary piece of interdisciplinary, community-based research and a timely intervention into the debate over precarious employment. Karen Hughes, Women's Studies, University of Alberta


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Leah F. Vosko is associate professor and Canada Research Chair, York University, and the author of Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship and co-author of Self-Employed Workers Organize.

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