期刊名称：Just Labour : A Canadian Journal of Work and Society
电子版ISSN：1705-1436
出版年度：2005
卷号：6&7
出版社：York University
摘要：Jackson, trained as an economist, confronts the reader with endless facts and figures largely drawn from Statistics Canada surveys but limits his extensive use of the data to descriptive statistics. Clear writing and effective use of tables and charts further reveals his familiarity and comfort with numbers. Perhaps the greatest strength of the book is its scope. In four sections Jackson covers an impressive range of challenges facing working people. The stage is set with an introductory discussion of why work is still important to most people in terms of how they reproduce themselves materially. The emphasis is on the growing polarization of Canada's job market as a growing number of insecure and low paid jobs offset any gains made by high paying wage employment. The discussion of the role that training plays in reducing the number of working poor and the lack of employer and state investment in skills upgrading is important in the context of the knowledge economy. The chapter on health in the workplace is especially relevant given the number of new industrial diseases and stress related health issues that seem to be placing an especially hard burden on women workers
