| Description |
ix, 242 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Globalization, export-oriented employment and social policy : gendered connections / Shahra Razavi and Ruth Pearson -- 2. Korea's miracle and crisis : what was in it for women? / Hyoung Cho, Ann Zammit, Jinjoo Chung and Insoon Kang -- 3. The impact of export-oriented manufacturing on the welfare entitlements of Chinese women workers / Delia Davin -- 4. Globalization, export-oriented employment for women and social policy : a case study of India / Jayati Ghosh -- 5. Gendering the debate on the welfare state in Mexico : women's employment and welfare entitlements in the globalized economy / Viviane Brachet-Marquez and Orlandina de Oliveira -- 6. Globalization, export-oriented employment and social policy : the case of Mauritius / Sheila Bunwaree -- 7. Reworking apartheid legacies : global competition, gender and social wages in South Africa, 1980-2000 / Gillian Hart |
| Summary |
"Until recently the debate on global factories and export production has remained focused on women's individual experience of export employment - and the extent to which this represents a positive opportunity or gross exploitation. In spite of the extended discussion of rights and citizenship in the global economy, little attention has hitherto been paid to the implications for women's entitlements arising out of their pivotal role in export sectors. Whilst many assume that women's visible and crucial presence in key economic sectors will be reflected in the ways in which social policies are formulated, there has been up to now little empirical and analytical engagement with this question. This volume, bringing together detailed commissioned studies from six developing countries, aims to fill this gap."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women -- Employment -- Case studies.
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Foreign trade and employment -- Case studies.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Case studies.
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Razavi, Shahra.
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Pearson, Ruth, 1945-
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Danloy, Caroline.
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| LC no. |
2003070199 |
| ISBN |
1403934851 hardback |
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