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Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World (Women's Studies at York Series)
H. Afshar
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The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade. They have been increasingly drawn into insecure flexible employment working for the world market. The feminisation of the labour market has increased the burdens on women, and the inability of men to access full-time well-remunerated employment has exacerbated the process of male out-migration and has left many families headed by women. At the same time the reduction in state services and welfare has increased the burdens placed on women. Nevertheless the consequences of globalization have been different for different ... Read more
The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade. They have been increasingly drawn into insecure flexible employment working for the world market. The feminisation of the labour market has increased the burdens on women, and the inability of men to access full-time well-remunerated employment has exacerbated the process of male out-migration and has left many families headed by women. At the same time the reduction in state services and welfare has increased the burdens placed on women. Nevertheless the consequences of globalization have been different for different ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Series
Women's Studies at York Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312216597
SKU
V9780312216597
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About H. Afshar
SYLVIA CHANT Reader in Geography, London School of Economics NOHA EL-MIKAWY Research Fellow, University of Er-langen COLETTE HARRIS currently working on her PhD, Institute of Development Research, Amsterdam University RACHEL KURIAN Senior Lecturer in International Labour Economics, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague JAHNAVI PHALKEY Research Fellow, Asiatic Society, Bombay DIANE PERRONS Lecturer in Geography, London School of ... Read more
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