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Author:   Judy Fudge (University of Victoria, Canada) ,  Kendra Strauss
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780415536509

ISBN 10:   0415536502
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   26 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Temporary Work, Agencies and Unfree Labour: Insecurity in the New World of Work Kendra Strauss and Judy Fudge 2. Selling Flexibility: Temporary Staffing in a Volatile Economy Nik Theodore and Jamie Peck 3. Power Politics and Precariousness: The Regulation of Temporary Agency Work in the European Union Michael Wynn 4. Placing Filipino Caregivers in Canadian Homes: Regulating Transnational Employment Agencies in British Columbia Judy Fudge and Daniel Parrott 5. The Creation of Distinctive National Temporary Staffing Markets Neil M. Coe and Kevin Ward 6. The Persistence of Unfree Labour: The Rise of Temporary Employment Agencies in South Africa and Namibia Paul Benjamin 7. Temporary Work in China: Precarity in an Emerging Labour Market Feng Xu 8. Unfree Labour and the Regulation of Temporary Agency Work in the UK Kendra Strauss 9. Leased Labour and the Erosion of Workers’ Protection: The Boundaries of the Regulation of Temporary Employment Agencies in Québec Stéphanie Bernstein and Guylaine Vallée

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Kendra Strauss is a University Lecturer in Human Geography and Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge. She is an feminist economic geographer with interests in labor market change, feminist political economy, and geographies of risk and welfare. Judy Fudge is the Lansdowne Chair in Law at the University of Victoria, Canada.

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