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The article reviews the book, "Jack London: A Life," by Alex Kershaw.

The goal of this thesis is to question conventional definitions of work through the detailed study of a professional group---specifically rural clergy---whose work falls outside the parameters of accepted definitions of work. According to the feminist literature, work and non-work are differentiated typically by dichotomies which privilege a masculine model of work and devalue women's experience; thus, "real work" is defined as an activity which is paid rather than unpaid, public rather than private, instrumental and intellectual rather than emotional. Professional work definitions also obscure the way in which "work" relies on activities which are linked with the feminine in these dichotomies. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with rural clergy, I explore the extent to which women and men draw on these gendered dichotomies to define work. In some ways, the approach of clergy counters conventional work norms: for them, emotional labour is a priority, work is not limited to a specific time or place, and public and private lives frequently overlap. I demonstrate how clergy define their work in terms of obligation, context, visibility, and time. Furthermore, I also argue that clergy delineate work in terms which still reflect a masculinized work norm specific to their profession. This "clergy masculinized mode" professionalises emotional labour by separating it from the facilitating work of female volunteers; it assumes a worker free from domestic demands in order to fulfil professional obligations within a flexible time frame; and it overlooks how the overlap of the public and private spheres is sustained by the work of wives. Thus, delineating work is particularly problematic for female clergy because professional demands are confounded with demands for adjunct work typically performed by women. My findings (1) highlight alternative markers of work which are suggestive for feminist theory; 2) point to a gap in theorizing about the gendering of work when conventional dichotomies fail to reinforce each other (as in the case of public, yet unpaid, volunteer work); and 3) recognize the possibility that varying masculinities define work.

The article reviews and comments extensively on Elizabeth Jameson's 'All That Glitters: Class, Conflict, and Community in Cripple Creek' (1998) and Janet L. Finn's 'Tracing the Veins: Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata' (1998).

Cet article traite des transformations récentes des formes de qualification du travail. Il est le fruit d'une vaste enquête sur la dynamique des emplois dans le secteur manufacturier au Québec. Les auteurs analysent d'abord les modifications cruciales de la dynamique des entreprises. Ensuite, ils examinent les nouvelles qualifications exigées des travailleurs, à savoir les compétences nécessaires pour accomplir les tâches, ainsi que les principaux profils de qualification privilégiés par les employeurs en vue du recrutement. L'article met en relief l'émergence de trois modèles inédits de qualification, tous fondés sur la flexibilité, soit le modèle flexible de type professionnel-conceptuel, le modèle flexible de type taylorisé et le modèle flexible de type adroit-analytique.

Analyzing the experiences of 3 unionized manufacturing firms in North America, 2 relatively unexplored issues in previous literature are examined: 1. skill based pay in unionized organizations, and 2. the transition from job-based pay to skill-based pay. The 3 cases showed substantial variety, particularly in the areas of practical details of SBP and the work system in which SBP operates. The cases show that SBP can be successfully designed and implemented in older unionized workplaces with strong contract language. Specifically, it was found that SBP can be introduced even where numerous job classifications are retained and that seniority rights are not inconsistent with an effective SBP system.

The article reviews the book, "Eh, Paesan!: Being Italian in Toronto," by Nicholas DeMaria Harney.

The article reviews the book, "Playing Indian," by Philip J. Deloria.

The article reviews the book, "The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality," by Mary Louise Adams.

This article reviews the book, "Researching the World of Work - Strategies and Methods in Studying Industrial Relations," edited by Keith Whitfield and George Strauss.

The article reviews and comments extensively on the books, "A New Labor Movement for the New Century" (1998) edited by Gregory Mantsios and "Unions and Workplace Reorganization" (1997) edited by Bruce Nissen.

La présente étude s'insère dans les multiples efforts de recherche déployés pour mieux circonscrire les paramètres de l'évaluation du rendement. À partir du modèle de Murphy et Cleveland (1995), les auteurs développent une méthodologie originale qui permet de tester empiriquement auprès de 106 fonctionnaires de la fonction publique québécoise la motivation de l'évaluateur à produire des évaluations indulgentes de leurs subordonnés. Les résultats révèlent que l'indulgence s'avère une réponse à un contexte défavorable d'évaluation : les variables contextuelles influencent significativement les appréciations faites par l'évaluateur.

This article reviews the book, "The Ethics of the New Economy," edited by Leo Groarke.

The article reviews the book, "Hard Bargain: Transforming Public Sector Labour-Management Relations," by Peter Warrian.

Présente le colloque international coparrainé par le Centre de relations industrielles de l'Université Laval et le Réseau canadien de recherche sur les milieux de travail qui s'est tenu en septembre 1997.

The article reviews the book, "Pistol Packin' Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong," by Shelly Romalis.

The article reviews the book, "Peronism Without Peron: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina," by James W. McGuire.

The article reviews the book, "Enlisting Women for the Cause: Women, Labour, and the Left in Canada, 1890-1920" by Linda Kealey.

The article reviews the book, "All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement," by Carlotta R. Anderson.

The article briefly reviews "Dismantling a Nation: The Transition to Corporate Rule in Canada," 2nd edition, by Stephen McBridc and John Shields, "A Nation of Immigrants: Women, Workers, and Communities in Canadian History, 1840s-1960s," edited by Franca Iacovetta, Paula Draper, and Robert Ventresca, "Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women's History," 3rd edition, edited by Veronica Strong-Boag and Anita Clair Fellman, "Gendering the Vertical Mosaic: Feminist Perspectives on Canadian Society," by Roberta Hamilton, "Canadian Political Parties," edited by Daniel Azoulay, "Introducing Canada: An Annotated Bibliography of Canadian History in English," by Brian Gobbett and Robert Irwin, "Uncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion, and Jazz," by Eric Hobsbawm, "Steelworkers in America: The Nonunion Era," by David Brody, "Forging American Communism: The Life of William Z. Foster," 2nd edition, by Edward P. Johanningsmeier, "Labor Histories: Class, Politics, and the Working-Class Experience," edited by Eric Arnesen, Julie Greene, and Bruce Laurie, "Waterfront Workers: New Perspectives on Race and Class," edited by Calvin Winslow, "Cutting Edge: Technology, Information, Capitalism, and Social Revolution," edited by Jim Davis, Thomas Hirsch, and Michael Stack, "Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution," edited by Robert W. McChesney, Ellen Meiksins Wood, and John Bellamy Foster, "When We Were Good: The Folk Revival," by Robert Cantwell, "Swings and Misses: Moribund Labor Relations in Professional Baseball," by Kenneth M. Jennings, and "Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia," by Emily Toth.

The article briefly reviews "Not One of the Family: Foreign Domestic Worker," edited by Abigail B. Baikan and Daiva Stasiulis, "The Ethics of the New Economy: Restructuring and Beyond," edited by Leo Groarke, "Working: Images of Canadian Labour, 1900-2000 = Travailler: Images de la vie ouvrière au Canada, 1900-2000," by Laszlo Barna, "Working People: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Labour," 4th edition, by Desmond Morton, "Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women Are Worth," by Marilyn Waring, "Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour," by Maria Mies, "Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975," by Brigid O'Farrell and Joyce L. Kornbluh, "Organized Labour and American Politics. 1894-1994: The Labor-Liberal Alliance," edited by Kevin Boyle, "The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays on Labor and Politics," edited by Richard Schneirov, Shelton Stromquist, and Nick Salvatore, "Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century," 25th anniversary edition, by Harry Braverman, with a new introduction by John Bellamy Foster, "New Approaches to Disability in the Workplace," edited by Terry Thomason, John F. Burton, Jr., and Douglas E. Hyatt, "The State of Working America, 1998-99," edited by Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and John Schmitt, " Island Stories: Unravelling Britain, Theatres of Memory," v. 2, by Raphael Samuel, edited by Alison Light, with Sally Alexander and Gareth Stedman Jones, "Shaping History: Ordinary People in European Politics, 1500-1700," by Wayne Te Brake, and "The Maquiladora Reader: Cross-Border Organizing Since NAFTA ," edited by Rachael Kamel and Anya Hoffman.