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Confronting the Norm: Gender and the International Regulation of Precarious Work By: Leah F. Vosko Canada Research Chair in Feminist Political Economy, Political Science, Atkinson Faculty, York University Research Paper July 2004 Print the Research Paper Document (PDF, 423 K)

Table of Contents

1. The Normative Model of Employment: Delineating the Baseline
2. The Gender Contract: Upholding the Baseline
3. Equal Treatment

1. New International Labour Standards on Precarious Work
   1. Time
   2. Place
   3. Status
2. Normalizing Deviation? Limits of an Equal Treatment Approach

1. Measuring the Standard Employment Relationship
2. Time- and Status-Based Deviation from the Employment Norm
   1. Part-Time Work in Australia
      1. The Shorter-Hours Employment Norm in Context
   2. Self-Employment in Canada
      1. The Status-Modified Employment Norm in Context
3. Erosion of the Standard Employment Relationship
   1. Full-Time Permanent Employment in the United States
      1. Erosion of the Standard Employment Relationship in Context

PART FOUR: Limiting Precarious Work?  Alternative Approaches

1. A Typology of Approaches
   1. Locating Australia, Canada, and the United States
   2. Two Competing Prototypes
   3. The ILC Model: Between Containing Erosion and ‘Beyond Employment’

Conclusion

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