Women, employment and the family in the international division of labour /
Title By: Stichter, Sharon [Editor.] | Parpart, Jane L [Editor.]
Material type: BookSeries: International political economy series; International political economy classics.Publisher: Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, c2013.Description: xxxii, 253 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781137355157Subject(s): Women -- Employment | Work and family | Sexual division of labor | International division of laborDDC classification: 331.4 Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 331.4 WO ME (Browse shelf) | Available | T0014468 |
Has new series editor's foreword by Timothy M. Shaw and a new preface to the second edition and references.
oreword; Timothy M. Shaw Preface; Jane L. Parpart 1. Introduction - Women, Employment and the Family: Current Debates; Sharon Stichter 2. Women and Industrialization in the Caribbean; Helen I.Safa 3. Women, the Family, and the State: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore: Newly Industrialized Countries in Asia; Janet W.Salaff 4. Female Employment and Export-Led Development in Ireland: Labour Market Impact of State-Reinforced Gender Inequality in the Household; Jean L.Pyle 5. Wage Earning Women and the Double Day: The Nigerian Case; Jane L.Parpart 6. Women, Work and Social Change in Algeria; Marnia Lazreg 7. Patterns of Patriarchy in the Peruvian Working-Class; Alison MacEwen Scott 8. Socioeconomic Determinants of the Outcomes of Women's Income-Generation in Developing Countries; Constantina Safilios-Rothschild 9. Public Employment and Private Relations: Women and Work in India; Ursula Sharma.
This IPE Classic investigates the interrelations between women's participation in the urban wage economy and their productive and reproductive roles in the household and family. With a new Preface and Foreword, it argues that the household itself is an important determinant of the character and timing of women's labour force participation.