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Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy
The Challenge to Legal Norms
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Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy
The Challenge to Legal Norms
About this book
Globalisation, the shift from manufacturing to services as a source of employment, and the spread of information-based systems and technologies have given birth to a new economy, which emphasises flexibility in the labour market and in employment relations. These changes have led to the erosion of the standard (industrial) employment relationship and an increase in precarious work - work which is poorly paid and insecure. Women perform a disproportionate amount of precarious work. This collection of original essays by leading scholars on labour law and women's work explores the relationship between precarious work and gender, and evaluates the extent to which the growth and spread of precarious work challenges traditional norms of labour law and conventional forms of legal regulation.The book provides a comparative perspective by furnishing case studies from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Quebec, Sweden, the UK, and the US, as well as the international and supranational context through essays that focus on the IMF, the ILO, and the EU. Common themes and concepts thread throughout the essays, which grapple with the legal and public policy challenges posed by women's precarious work.
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Yes, you can access Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy by Judy Fudge, Rosemary Owens, Judy Fudge,Rosemary Owens in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & Labour & Employment Law. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Half Title
- Half Title verso
- Title Page
- Title verso
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes, Statutory Instruments, Guidelines and International Treaties and Conventions
- Table of Abbreviations
- Part I: Introduction
- Part II: Supranational Norms and Discources about Precarious Work
- Part III: Working Time and Precarious Work
- Part IV: A Matter of Status? Protecting Precarious Workers
- Part V: Old Laws/New Workers
- Part VI: The Challenge of Flexibility
- References
- Index