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Autore |
Ally Shireen A |
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Titolo |
From servants to workers [[electronic resource] ] : South African domestic workers and the democratic state / / Shireen Ally |
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Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women household employees - South Africa |
Employee rights - South Africa |
Labor policy - South Africa |
Democratization - South Africa |
Südafrika <Staat> |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : maid with rights? -- Apartheid servitude. The Apartheid state and modern servitude ; Beyond the backyard : the shift to live-out and part-time work -- Turning "servants" into workers. Protecting "vulnerable" workers? : workers embrace and reject state power ; Intimate work : state power versus workers' power ; Paid to care : the dual-care regime -- Workers' struggles. Demobilizing domestic workers ; "Like the heart in the body" : manyanos and mother-workers -- Conclusion : formalization of paid domestic work versus socialization of reproduction. |
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