Precarious work, women and the new economy : the challenge to legal norms / edited by Judy Fudge and Rosemary Owens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fudge, Judy.

Owens, Rosemary J.

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Oñati international series in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Law and legislation--Congresses.

Women.

Labor contract--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Labor contract.

Temporary employment--Law and legislation--Congresses.

Temporary employment.

Flextime--Law and legislation--Congresses.

Flextime.

Flextime--Law and legislation.

Temporary employment--Law and legislation.

Labor contract--Economic aspects.

Women--Employment--Law and legislation.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxx, 401 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2006.

Contents:

Precarious work, women, and the new economy : the challenge to legal norms / Judy Fudge and Rosemary Owens

Rights, risks, and reward : governance norms in the international order and the problem of precarious work / Kelly Rittich

Gender, precarious work, and the international labour code : the ghost in the ILO closet / Leah F Vosko

Promoting precariousness? : the response of EU employment policies to precarious work / Diamond Ashiagbor

Time to dream? : flexibility, families, and the regulation of working time / Joanne Conaghan

The need for a reduced work week in the United States

Vicki Schultz and Allison Hoffman

Gender and the legal regulation of employment breaks / Claire Kilpatrick

Precarious norms for precarious workers / Sandra Fredman

Self-employment, women, and precarious work : the scope of labour protection / Judy Fudge

The regulation of paid care work in the home in Quebec : from the hearth to the global marketplace / Stéphanie Bernstein

The new face of employment discrimination

Katherine VW Stone

On the gendered norm of standard employment in a changing labour market / Jenny Julén Votinius

The legal production of precarious work / Rosemary Hunter

Flexibility and security, working time, and work-family policies / Susanne D Burri

Engendering flexibility in a world of precarious work / Rosemary Owens.

Notes:

A series published for the Oñati Institute for the Sociology of Law.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

1841136158

9781841136158

9781841136165

1841136166

OCLC:

69224323

Publisher Number:

99943009131