Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note on sources
  • Introduction: Tensions between flexibility and security
  • 1. Gender, migration and the pursuit of security
  • 2. Disability and the quest for flexibility
  • 3. Managing flexibility without security in Toronto's direct funding
  • 4. Negotiating flexibility with security in Los Angeles's in-home supportive services
  • 5. Agency-led flexibility and insecurity in Toronto's home care
  • 6. Bargaining for security with flexibility in Toronto's attendant services
  • 7. Toward flexible care and secure work in intimate labor
  • Appendix: Interviews and methods
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.