Organizing women workers in the informal economy : beyond the weapons of the weak /
Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class, race, ethnicity, caste. As individuals, often isolated in home-based work, their resistance has tended to be restricted to the traditional weapons of the weak. Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy e...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Zed Books,
[2013]
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Colección: | Feminisms and development.
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class, race, ethnicity, caste. As individuals, often isolated in home-based work, their resistance has tended to be restricted to the traditional weapons of the weak. Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy explores the emergence of an alternative repertoire among women working in the growing informal sectors of the global South: the weapons of organization and mobilization. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
ISBN: | 9781780324531 1780324537 9781780324548 1780324545 9781350221659 1350221651 9781299283718 1299283713 |