Precarious employment presents a challenge to the social, economic, and political stability of labour markets in industrialized societies and there is widespread consensus that its growth is contributing to a series of common social inequalities, especially along the lines of gender and...

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...

The 21st century has witnessed a growth in temporary labour migration programs. Such a development is surrounded by fierce controversy over the effects of such programs on temporary migrant workers, their countries of origin and the host countries. One point of consensus is, however, clear:...