Women's earnings are a fraction of male's earnings in several African countries. It is tempting to conclude that this wage gap is a sign of discrimination against women in the labor market. Yet this
More than nine out of every ten working women in India are employed in the informal economy, unprotected by labour laws and excluded from basic forms of social security. They work as daily labourers i
"This book draws on rich empirical studies of domestic workers and their employers in four European countries to make a convincing argument that domestic work is affective labour that is both structu
Explains how women's growing financial equality will lead to true independence and ultimately the power to change the world via the grass-roots effects of their economic power. 50,000 first printing.
`This is a beautifully conceived and revealing book. Joan Sangster lucidly explores and explains an astonishing array of complex material to reveal how women in the post-war period became full-fledged
This comprehensive reader examines the myriad ways in which work_whether it is well-paid, unpaid, or underpaid_profoundly influences our roles in both the public and private spheres. Jacqueline Goodma
This comprehensive reader examines the myriad ways in which work_whether it is well-paid, unpaid, or underpaid_profoundly influences our roles in both the public and private spheres. Jacqueline Goodma
Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry. At the same time, night shift employment presents women,
In this study appealing to social scientists and anthropologists, Patel (Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State) exposes the realities of the global call center and how it has chang
Wallis (history, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona) pursues her interest in the lives of women in the urban West by exploring women and work in her own home town during the half century when it
In the formative years of the Japanese labor movement after World War II, the socialist unions affiliated with the General Council of Trade Unions (the labor federation known colloquially as Sohyo) fo
Over the past decade, Egyptian women have made significant progress in improving their economic and social status. The government’s commitment to women’s empowerment is strong at the highest political
In a pioneering reinterpretation of the role of mainstream feminism, Eisenstein shows how the ruling elites of developed countries utilize women's labor and the ideas of women's liberation and empower
"This volume uses unpaid work and time-use survey data (TUS) from across the global South to elucidate the need to incorporate unpaid work into economic analysis in order to better understand poverty
This study of feminist labor reform examines how working women pursued equality by claiming new identities for themselves as citizens and as breadwinners. Lara Vapnek tells the story of American labor
This micro history of the women working in Lebanese tobacco factories under French and national control gives a new slant on the role of women in the Near East. Abisaab (history, McGill University) tr
Vapnek (history, St. John's U.) investigates how working women pursued economic equality and political power from the end of the Civil War through the fight for suffrage by claiming new identities as
Never before has there been such a confluence of international attention to the economic importance of women and the need for policies to enable them to fulfil their potential. The position of women -
An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China.China has 130 million migrant workers—the largest migrati
