Canada: Gendered precariousness and social reproduction

Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 26-42

  Vosko, Leah F ^a   Clark, Lisa F ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84876056713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203874424     Document Type: Chapter

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