Gender & Work Database

New book explores the impact of the new economy on work

A new book co-edited by York Professors Norene Pupo and Mark Thomas will receive its official launch Thursday, March 25 at a special reception from 3 to 5pm in 626 York Research Tower. Interrogating the New Economy: Restructuring Work in the 21st Century is a collection of original essays investigating the social, political and economic […]

New book examines precarious margins of today’s labour markets

York political science Professor Leah Vosko, Canada Research Chair in Feminist Political Economy, explores the precarious margins of contemporary labour markets in her new book, Managing the Margins: Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment, being launched tomorrow. The book looks at how over the last few decades there has been much discussion […]