Global Women's Work
Perspectives on Gender and Work in the Global Economy
Mary E Frederickson editor Beth English editor Olga Sanmiguel-Valderrama editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:20th Nov '18
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This volume considers how women are shaping the global economic landscape through their labor, activism, and multiple discourses about work. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of international scholars, the book offers a gendered examination of work in the global economy and analyses the effects of the 2008 downturn on women’s labor force participation and workplace activism.
The book addresses three key themes: exploitation versus opportunity; women’s agency within the context of changing economic options; and women’s negotiations and renegotiations of unpaid social reproductive labor. This uniquely interdisciplinary and comparative analysis will be crucial reading for anyone with an interest in gender and the post-crisis world.
"This compelling collection explores how social provisioning processes have been affected by changes in the political economy following global financial crisis, especially tensions between the feminization of labor under neoliberalism and socially conservative authoritarian nationalism. Engrossing accounts of women’s collective agency in negotiating this new terrain will be relevant for scholars and students across many disciplines."
Ellen Mutari, Professor of Economics, Stockton University, USA
“Fascinating economic perspectives on 16 developed and developing countries [...] I find particularly important the evidence of a reinvigorated alliance between conservative traditionalism regarding the family and marginalisation of women in the economy, in countries as diverse as the US, Russia and Iran.”
Frances Raday, President, Concord Research Center for Integration of International Law in Israel, The Haim Striks School of Law, COLMAN; Special Rapporteur, UN Human Rights Council, Expert Group on Discrimination against Women
ISBN: 9781138036581
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 730g
402 pages