Gender, work, and economy : unpacking the global economy / Heidi Gottfried.

This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how structural inequalities are produced and why they persist. Making visible the social relationships that drive the global economy, the book explores how econom...

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Main Author: Gottfried, Heidi, 1955-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2013.
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Physical Description:x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a An introduction to gender, work, and economy : unpacking the global economy -- Theory of work and economy -- An integrative framework for the study of gender, work, and economy -- The puzzle of gender segregation : from historical roots to contemporary divisions -- Serving people : gender and services in the new economy -- Caring for people : gender and social reproduction in service economies -- State and economy : gender, policy, and work -- Terrains of struggle : gender, work, and labor organizing -- Thinking globally, global thinking : theories of internationalization and globalization -- Gender, global labor markets, commodity chains, and mobilities : globalizing production and reproduction -- On the global economic grid : Tokyo tales, London chronicles, Shanghai stories -- New political landscapes : gender equality projects in global arenas and nation states. 
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