Gendering struggles against informal and precarious work /

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This volume examines how gender shapes the varying and intersecting dynamics of informal/precarious worker struggles in two gender-typed sectors - domestic work and construction. Drawing upon cases across the global North and South, it explores how gender is intertwined into collective organizing ef...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Agarwala, Rina, 1973- (Editor), Chun, Jennifer Jihye, 1973- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
Series:Political power and social theory ; v. 35.
Subjects:
Women > Employment.
Sex discrimination in employment.
Construction industry > Employees.
Women construction workers.
Women household employees.
Sex role in the work environment.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi.
Construction > Industrie > Personnel.
Ouvrières de la construction.
Employées de maison.
Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail.
construction workers.
Construction industry > Employees
Sex discrimination in employment
Sex role in the work environment
Women construction workers
Women > Employment
Women household employees
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Gendering Struggles Against Informal and Precarious Work; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Authors; Gendering Struggles Against Informal and Precarious Work; A Brief History of the Project; Building a New Research Agenda; Conceptualizing Informal and Precarious Work through a Gendered Lens; Gender as an Organizing Principle of Collective Action; Gender in Construction Workers' Struggles; Beyond the Gendered Division of Labor?; Women's Leadership and Membership; Gender's Relationship with Other Identities; Reforming the Terrain of Struggle?; Effectiveness?; Conclusion; Notes

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