Gender and the contours of precarious employment

XII, 280 S.

graph. Darst.

24 cm

Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics. - London [u.a.] : Routledge, ZDB-ID 2379249-8. - Vol. 8

Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction : gender and the concept of precarious employment / Leah F. Vosko, Martha MacDonald and Iain Campbell -- Canada : gendered precariousness and social reproduction / Leah F. Vosko and Lisa Clark -- The United States : different sources of precariousness in a mosaic of employment arrangements / Francoise Carré and James Heintz -- Australia : casual employment, part-time employment and the resilience of the male-breadwinner model / Iain Campbell, Gillian Whitehouse and Janeen Baxter -- Japan : the reproductive bargain and the making of precarious employment / Heidi Gottfried -- Ireland : precarious employment in the context of the European employment strategy / Julia S. O'Connor -- The United Kingdom : from flexible employment to vulnerable workers / Jacqueline O'Reilly, John MacInnes, Tizana Nazio and Jose Roche -- The Netherlands : precarious employment in a context of flexicurity / Susanne D. Burri -- France : precariousness, gender, and the challenges for labour market policy / Jeanne Fagnani and Marie-Thérèse Letablier -- Spain : continuity and change in precarious employment / John MacInnes -- Germany : precarious employment and the rise of mini-jobs / Claudia Weinkopf -- Sweden : precarious work and precarious unemployment / Inger Jonsson and Anita Nyberg -- Spatial dimensions of gendered precariousness: challenges for comparative analysis / Martha MacDonald -- Investigating longitudinal dimensions of precarious employment : conceptual and practical issues / Sylvia Fuller -- Precarious lives in the new economy : comparative intersectional analysis / Wallace Clement, Sophie Mathieu, Steven Prus and Emre Uckardesler -- Precarious employment in the health care sector / Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong

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