Introduction: Gender and the concept of precarious employment

Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-25

  Vosko, Leah F ^a   MacDonald, Martha ^b   Campbell, Iain ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79959996833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203874424     Document Type: Editorial

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