Temporary Work, Agencies, and Unfree Labor. 9781136278488, 1136278486

Unfree labor has not disappeared from advanced capitalist economies. In this sense the debates among and between Marxist

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Temporary Work, Agencies, and Unfree Labor.
 9781136278488, 1136278486

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
1 Temporary Work, Agencies and Unfree Labour: Insecurity in the New World of Work
2 Selling Flexibility: Temporary Staffing in a Volatile Economy
3 Power Politics and Precariousness: The Regulation of Temporary Agency Work in the European Union
4 Placing Filipino Caregivers in Canadian Homes: Regulating Transnational Employment Agencies in British Columbia
5 The Creation of Distinctive National Temporary Staffing Markets. 6 The Persistence of Unfree Labour: The Rise of Temporary Employment Agencies in South Africa and Namibia7 Temporary Work in China: Precarity in an Emerging Labour Market
8 Unfree Labour and the Regulation of Temporary Agency Work in the UK
9 Leased Labour and the Erosion of Workers' Protection: The Boundaries of the Regulation of Temporary Employment Agencies in Québec
Contributors
Index.

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