Gendering struggles against informal and precarious work /
Gendering struggles against informal and precarious work /
edited by Rina Agarwalla and Jennifer Jihye Chun.
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Political power and social theory ; volume 35 .
- Political power and social theory ; v. 35. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gendering struggles against informal and precarious work / Rina Agarwala and Jennifer Jihye Chun -- From theory to praxis and back to theory: informal workers' struggles against capitalism and patriarchy in India / Rina Agarwala -- Low-wage worker organizing and advocacy in the USA: comparing domestic workers and day laborers / Ruth Milkman -- Masculine vulnerabilities: the double bind of manhood in global migration / SaunJuhi Verma -- Organizing Filipina domestic workers in Vancouver, Canada: gendered geographies and community mobilization / Geraldine Pratt with Migrante BC -- Intersectional histories, overdetermined fortunes: understanding Mexican and US domestic worker movements / Chris Tilly, Georgina Rojas-Garcia and Nik Theodore -- Feminist entanglements with the neoliberal welfare state: NGOs and domestic worker organizing in South Korea / Jennifer Jihye Chun and Yang-Sook Kim.
9781787693678 (electronic bk.) 1787693678 (electronic bk.)
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.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Construction industry--Employees.
Sex discrimination in employment.
Sex role in the work environment.
Women construction workers.
Women--Employment.
Women household employees.
Electronic books.
HD6053
331.4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gendering struggles against informal and precarious work / Rina Agarwala and Jennifer Jihye Chun -- From theory to praxis and back to theory: informal workers' struggles against capitalism and patriarchy in India / Rina Agarwala -- Low-wage worker organizing and advocacy in the USA: comparing domestic workers and day laborers / Ruth Milkman -- Masculine vulnerabilities: the double bind of manhood in global migration / SaunJuhi Verma -- Organizing Filipina domestic workers in Vancouver, Canada: gendered geographies and community mobilization / Geraldine Pratt with Migrante BC -- Intersectional histories, overdetermined fortunes: understanding Mexican and US domestic worker movements / Chris Tilly, Georgina Rojas-Garcia and Nik Theodore -- Feminist entanglements with the neoliberal welfare state: NGOs and domestic worker organizing in South Korea / Jennifer Jihye Chun and Yang-Sook Kim.
9781787693678 (electronic bk.) 1787693678 (electronic bk.)
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.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Construction industry--Employees.
Sex discrimination in employment.
Sex role in the work environment.
Women construction workers.
Women--Employment.
Women household employees.
Electronic books.
HD6053
331.4