Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. 'Labour Is Not a Commodity': Shifting Employment Norms and the Modern Labour Market Intermediary 14
8. 2. Putting Workers in Their Place: The Early History of Private Employment Agencies 45
9. 3. 'Halfway Houses' for 'Housewives': The Birth of the Temporary Help Industry 79
10. 4. From Stop-Gap Workers to Staffing Services: The Expansion of the Temporary Help Industry 117
11. 5. Promising 'Flexibility' and Delivering Precariousness: The Shape of the Contemporary Temporary Employment Relationship 157
12. 6. 'Flexible Workers,' Intractable Regulatory Regime: Regulating the Contemporary Temporary Employment Relationship 200
13. 7. 'No Jobs, Lots of Work': The Rise of the Temporary Employment Relationship and the Emergence of Workfare-Driven Social Policy 230
14. 8. The Challenge of Limiting Labour Market Fragmentation 251
15. Appendix A: Qualitative Methodology 279
16. Appendix B: Interwievs 281
17. Notes 285
18. References 333
19. Index 359