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Crushed hopes : underemployment and deskilling among skilled migrant women
| Crushed hopes : underemployment and deskilling among skilled migrant women |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Organization for Migration, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 331.408 |
| Soggetto topico |
Women foreign workers
Women immigrants - Employment Skilled labor |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Gender, migration and deskilling : a broad review of the literature / Blandine Mollard, Sanober Umar -- "I don't want to be stuck as a carer" : the effects of deskilling on the livelihoods and opportunities of migrant care workers in England / Sandra Cuban -- The psychosocial impact of underemployment in the lives of skilled migrant women working in Geneva, Switzerland : an empirical study / Luisa Marin de Avellan, Blandine Mollard -- Resilience strategies used by immigrant women facing professional deskilling in Quebec : a literature review and a small-scale study / Hélène Cardu -- Conclusions and perspectives / Sylvia Lopez-Ekra. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320827803316 |
| Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Organization for Migration, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Crushed hopes : underemployment and deskilling among skilled migrant women
| Crushed hopes : underemployment and deskilling among skilled migrant women |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Organization for Migration, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 331.408 |
| Soggetto topico |
Women foreign workers
Women immigrants - Employment Skilled labor |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Gender, migration and deskilling : a broad review of the literature / Blandine Mollard, Sanober Umar -- "I don't want to be stuck as a carer" : the effects of deskilling on the livelihoods and opportunities of migrant care workers in England / Sandra Cuban -- The psychosocial impact of underemployment in the lives of skilled migrant women working in Geneva, Switzerland : an empirical study / Luisa Marin de Avellan, Blandine Mollard -- Resilience strategies used by immigrant women facing professional deskilling in Quebec : a literature review and a small-scale study / Hélène Cardu -- Conclusions and perspectives / Sylvia Lopez-Ekra. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910134009703321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Organization for Migration, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender, migration, and domestic service [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen
| Gender, migration, and domestic service [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.4/8164046 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MomsenJanet Henshall |
| Collana | Routledge international studies of women and place |
| Soggetto topico |
Women household employees
Women foreign workers Women immigrants Emigration and immigration law |
| ISBN |
1-134-65565-7
0-203-26344-8 1-280-05660-6 0-203-45250-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; GENDER, MIGRATION AND DOMESTIC SERVICE; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 MAIDS ON THE MOVE; Part I NORTH AMERICA; 2 IS THIS CANADA?: Domestic workers' experiences in Vancouver, BC; 3 JAMAICAN DOMESTICS, FILIPINA HOUSEKEEPERS AND ENGLISH NANNIES: Representations of Toronto's foreign domestic workers; 4 MAKING MAIDS: United States immigration policy and immigrant domestic workers; Part II SOUTH AMERICA; 5 RACE AND DOMESTIC SERVICE: Migration and identity in Ecuador; 6 TRANSCENDING GENDERED BOUNDARIES: Migration for domestic labour in Chile; Part III EUROPE
7 OVERSEAS DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: Invisible women8 THE ROLE OF ETHNICITY IN SHAPING THE DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT SECTOR IN BRITAIN; 9 CINDERELLA NEED NOT APPLY: A study of paid domestic work in Paris; 10 DOMESTIC WORK ABROAD: A necessity and an opportunity for rural women from the Goriška borderland region of Slovenia; Part IV AFRICA; 11 'HOME IS WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE': A qualitative study of migratory domestic workers in Mmotla village, South Africa; 12 WORKING IN THE CITY: The case of migrant women in Swaziland's domestic service sector; Part V ASIA 13 INTERLINKING TRAJECTORIES: Migration and domestic work in India14 MAIDS IN SPACE: Gendered domestic labour from Sri Lanka to the Middle East; 15 'LEARNING THE WAYS OF THE PRIYAYI': Domestic servants and the mediation of modernity in Jakarta, Indonesia; 16 FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR ROLE IN CHILDCARE PROVISION; 17 SINGAPORE WOMEN AND FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS: Negotiating domestic work and motherhood; CONCLUSION: Future trends and trajectories; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996199873303316 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gender, migration, and domestic service / / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen
| Gender, migration, and domestic service / / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.4/8164046 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MomsenJanet Henshall |
| Collana | Routledge international studies of women and place |
| Soggetto topico |
Women household employees
Women foreign workers Women immigrants Emigration and immigration law |
| ISBN |
1-134-65565-7
0-203-26344-8 1-280-05660-6 0-203-45250-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; GENDER, MIGRATION AND DOMESTIC SERVICE; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 MAIDS ON THE MOVE; Part I NORTH AMERICA; 2 IS THIS CANADA?: Domestic workers' experiences in Vancouver, BC; 3 JAMAICAN DOMESTICS, FILIPINA HOUSEKEEPERS AND ENGLISH NANNIES: Representations of Toronto's foreign domestic workers; 4 MAKING MAIDS: United States immigration policy and immigrant domestic workers; Part II SOUTH AMERICA; 5 RACE AND DOMESTIC SERVICE: Migration and identity in Ecuador; 6 TRANSCENDING GENDERED BOUNDARIES: Migration for domestic labour in Chile; Part III EUROPE
7 OVERSEAS DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: Invisible women8 THE ROLE OF ETHNICITY IN SHAPING THE DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT SECTOR IN BRITAIN; 9 CINDERELLA NEED NOT APPLY: A study of paid domestic work in Paris; 10 DOMESTIC WORK ABROAD: A necessity and an opportunity for rural women from the Goriška borderland region of Slovenia; Part IV AFRICA; 11 'HOME IS WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE': A qualitative study of migratory domestic workers in Mmotla village, South Africa; 12 WORKING IN THE CITY: The case of migrant women in Swaziland's domestic service sector; Part V ASIA 13 INTERLINKING TRAJECTORIES: Migration and domestic work in India14 MAIDS IN SPACE: Gendered domestic labour from Sri Lanka to the Middle East; 15 'LEARNING THE WAYS OF THE PRIYAYI': Domestic servants and the mediation of modernity in Jakarta, Indonesia; 16 FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR ROLE IN CHILDCARE PROVISION; 17 SINGAPORE WOMEN AND FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS: Negotiating domestic work and motherhood; CONCLUSION: Future trends and trajectories; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910172255003321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The international migration of women [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja Sjöblom, editors
| The international migration of women [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja Sjöblom, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.48/96912 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MorrisonAndrew R
SchiffMaurice SjöblomMirja <1981-> |
| Collana | Trade and development series |
| Soggetto topico |
Women immigrants
Women foreign workers Women - Economic conditions Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects Brain drain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-11322-0
9786611113223 0-8213-7228-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Overview; Figure 1.1 Proportion of Women in Migrant Stocks, by Region, 1960 and 2005; 2 Gender in Economic Research on International Migration and Its Impacts: A Critical Review; Figure 2.1 Illustration of Migration Models and Their Interactions; 3 Gender and the Determinants of International Migration from Rural Mexico over Time; Table 3.1 Descriptive Statistics, by Person-Year for Full Sample and Migrants versus Nonmigrants; Table 3.2 Descriptive Statistics for Person-Year, by Gender and Migrant Status
Table 3.3 Descriptive Statistics for Policy VariablesFigure 3.1 International Migration, by Gender, 1980-2002; Figure 3.2 International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Figure 3.3 Female International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Figure 3.4 Male International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Table 3.4 Logit Results for Female International Migration; Table 3.5 Logit Results for Male International Migration; Table 3.6 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Migration, by Gender Table 3.7 Logit Results for Female International Migration to Agricultural JobsTable 3.8 Logit Results for Male International Migration to Agricultural Jobs; Table 3.9 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Agricultural Migration, by Gender; Table 3.10 Logit Results for Female International Migration to Nonagricultural Jobs; Table 3.11 Logit Results for Male International Migration to Nonagricultural Jobs; Table 3.12 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Nonagricultural Migration, by Gender; 4 Gender and the Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from Rural Mexico Table 4.1 Summary Statistics, by Household Migration StatusTable 4.2 Hausman-Wu Test of the Instruments; Table 4.3 Summary Statistics; Table 4.4 First-Stage Prediction of Migration; Table 4.5 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Agricultural (Crop) Income; Table 4.6 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Staple Crop Production; Table 4.7 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Nonstaple Crop Production; Table 4.8 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Livestock Production; Table 4.9 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions:Wage Income Table 4.10 Effects of Migration on Education and Health Spending5 The Impact of Remittances and Gender on Household Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from Ghana; Table 5.1 Descriptive Statistics; Table 5.2 Description of Dependent Variables; Table 5.3 Average Budget Shares by Sex of the Household Head and Status of Receiving Households in Ghana, 1998-99; Table 5.4 Average Budget Shares, by Sex of Remitter in Remittance- Receiving Households in Ghana, 1998-99; Table 5.5 Fractional Logit Odds Ratio Coefficients, by Expenditure Type and Gender of Household Head Table 5.6 Income Elasticities (for Per Capita Income), by Expenditure Category |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451933103321 |
| Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The international migration of women / / Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja Sjoblom, editors
| The international migration of women / / Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja Sjoblom, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2007] |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 218 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 305.48/96912 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MorrisonAndrew R
SchiffMaurice SjöblomMirja <1981-> |
| Collana | Trade and development series |
| Soggetto topico |
Women immigrants
Women foreign workers Women - Economic conditions Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects Brain drain |
| ISBN |
1-281-11322-0
9786611113223 0-8213-7228-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Overview; Figure 1.1 Proportion of Women in Migrant Stocks, by Region, 1960 and 2005; 2 Gender in Economic Research on International Migration and Its Impacts: A Critical Review; Figure 2.1 Illustration of Migration Models and Their Interactions; 3 Gender and the Determinants of International Migration from Rural Mexico over Time; Table 3.1 Descriptive Statistics, by Person-Year for Full Sample and Migrants versus Nonmigrants; Table 3.2 Descriptive Statistics for Person-Year, by Gender and Migrant Status
Table 3.3 Descriptive Statistics for Policy VariablesFigure 3.1 International Migration, by Gender, 1980-2002; Figure 3.2 International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Figure 3.3 Female International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Figure 3.4 Male International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Table 3.4 Logit Results for Female International Migration; Table 3.5 Logit Results for Male International Migration; Table 3.6 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Migration, by Gender Table 3.7 Logit Results for Female International Migration to Agricultural JobsTable 3.8 Logit Results for Male International Migration to Agricultural Jobs; Table 3.9 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Agricultural Migration, by Gender; Table 3.10 Logit Results for Female International Migration to Nonagricultural Jobs; Table 3.11 Logit Results for Male International Migration to Nonagricultural Jobs; Table 3.12 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Nonagricultural Migration, by Gender; 4 Gender and the Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from Rural Mexico Table 4.1 Summary Statistics, by Household Migration StatusTable 4.2 Hausman-Wu Test of the Instruments; Table 4.3 Summary Statistics; Table 4.4 First-Stage Prediction of Migration; Table 4.5 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Agricultural (Crop) Income; Table 4.6 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Staple Crop Production; Table 4.7 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Nonstaple Crop Production; Table 4.8 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Livestock Production; Table 4.9 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions:Wage Income Table 4.10 Effects of Migration on Education and Health Spending5 The Impact of Remittances and Gender on Household Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from Ghana; Table 5.1 Descriptive Statistics; Table 5.2 Description of Dependent Variables; Table 5.3 Average Budget Shares by Sex of the Household Head and Status of Receiving Households in Ghana, 1998-99; Table 5.4 Average Budget Shares, by Sex of Remitter in Remittance- Receiving Households in Ghana, 1998-99; Table 5.5 Fractional Logit Odds Ratio Coefficients, by Expenditure Type and Gender of Household Head Table 5.6 Income Elasticities (for Per Capita Income), by Expenditure Category |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778264303321 |
| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2007] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The international migration of women / / Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja Sjoblom, editors
| The international migration of women / / Andrew R. Morrison, Maurice Schiff and Mirja Sjoblom, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2007] |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 218 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 305.48/96912 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MorrisonAndrew R
SchiffMaurice SjöblomMirja <1981-> |
| Collana | Trade and development series |
| Soggetto topico |
Women immigrants
Women foreign workers Women - Economic conditions Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects Brain drain |
| ISBN |
1-281-11322-0
9786611113223 0-8213-7228-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Overview; Figure 1.1 Proportion of Women in Migrant Stocks, by Region, 1960 and 2005; 2 Gender in Economic Research on International Migration and Its Impacts: A Critical Review; Figure 2.1 Illustration of Migration Models and Their Interactions; 3 Gender and the Determinants of International Migration from Rural Mexico over Time; Table 3.1 Descriptive Statistics, by Person-Year for Full Sample and Migrants versus Nonmigrants; Table 3.2 Descriptive Statistics for Person-Year, by Gender and Migrant Status
Table 3.3 Descriptive Statistics for Policy VariablesFigure 3.1 International Migration, by Gender, 1980-2002; Figure 3.2 International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Figure 3.3 Female International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Figure 3.4 Male International Migration, by Sector of Employment, 1980-2002; Table 3.4 Logit Results for Female International Migration; Table 3.5 Logit Results for Male International Migration; Table 3.6 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Migration, by Gender Table 3.7 Logit Results for Female International Migration to Agricultural JobsTable 3.8 Logit Results for Male International Migration to Agricultural Jobs; Table 3.9 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Agricultural Migration, by Gender; Table 3.10 Logit Results for Female International Migration to Nonagricultural Jobs; Table 3.11 Logit Results for Male International Migration to Nonagricultural Jobs; Table 3.12 Odds Ratio for Select Variables for International Nonagricultural Migration, by Gender; 4 Gender and the Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from Rural Mexico Table 4.1 Summary Statistics, by Household Migration StatusTable 4.2 Hausman-Wu Test of the Instruments; Table 4.3 Summary Statistics; Table 4.4 First-Stage Prediction of Migration; Table 4.5 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Agricultural (Crop) Income; Table 4.6 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Staple Crop Production; Table 4.7 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Nonstaple Crop Production; Table 4.8 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions: Livestock Production; Table 4.9 Second-Stage Activity Choice Regressions:Wage Income Table 4.10 Effects of Migration on Education and Health Spending5 The Impact of Remittances and Gender on Household Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from Ghana; Table 5.1 Descriptive Statistics; Table 5.2 Description of Dependent Variables; Table 5.3 Average Budget Shares by Sex of the Household Head and Status of Receiving Households in Ghana, 1998-99; Table 5.4 Average Budget Shares, by Sex of Remitter in Remittance- Receiving Households in Ghana, 1998-99; Table 5.5 Fractional Logit Odds Ratio Coefficients, by Expenditure Type and Gender of Household Head Table 5.6 Income Elasticities (for Per Capita Income), by Expenditure Category |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818149403321 |
| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2007] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women's labor in the global economy [[electronic resource] ] : speaking in multiple voices / / edited by Sharon Harley
| Women's labor in the global economy [[electronic resource] ] : speaking in multiple voices / / edited by Sharon Harley |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.408 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HarleySharon |
| Soggetto topico |
Minority women - Employment
Women foreign workers Minority women - Economic conditions Minority women - Social conditions Globalization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-09261-4
9786611092610 0-8135-4165-4 |
| Classificazione | 83.65 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction / Sharon Harley -- Laboring in transnational public spheres -- Race women: cultural productions and radical labor politics / Sharon Harley -- Of poetics and politics: the border journeys of Luisa Moreno / Vicki L. Ruiz -- Caring and inequality / Evelyn Nakano Glenn -- Economic crisis and political mobilization: reshaping cultures of resistance in Tampa's communities of color, 1929-1939 / Nancy A. Hewitt -- The global politics of labor -- Surviving globalization: immigrant women workers in late capitalist America / Evelyn Hu-Dehart -- Harassment of female farmworkers: can the legal system help? / Maria L. Ontiveros -- Caribbean women, domestic labor, and the politics of transnational migration / Carole Boyce Davies -- Creatively coping with crisis and globalization: Zimbabwean businesswomen in crocheting and knitting / Mary Johnson Osirim -- Surviving the global economy -- Of land and sea: women entrepreneurs in Negril, Jamaica / A. Lynn Bolles -- "My cocoa is between my legs": sex as working amont Ghanaian women / Akosua Adomako Ampofo -- Work as a duty and as a joy: understanding the role of work in the lives of Ghanaian female traders of global consumer items / Akosua K. Darkwah -- Gendering sugar: women's disempowerment in Sri Lankan sugar production / Nandini Gunewardena -- List of contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453973203321 |
| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women's labor in the global economy [[electronic resource] ] : speaking in multiple voices / / edited by Sharon Harley
| Women's labor in the global economy [[electronic resource] ] : speaking in multiple voices / / edited by Sharon Harley |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.408 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HarleySharon |
| Soggetto topico |
Minority women - Employment
Women foreign workers Minority women - Economic conditions Minority women - Social conditions Globalization |
| ISBN |
1-281-09261-4
9786611092610 0-8135-4165-4 |
| Classificazione | 83.65 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction / Sharon Harley -- Laboring in transnational public spheres -- Race women: cultural productions and radical labor politics / Sharon Harley -- Of poetics and politics: the border journeys of Luisa Moreno / Vicki L. Ruiz -- Caring and inequality / Evelyn Nakano Glenn -- Economic crisis and political mobilization: reshaping cultures of resistance in Tampa's communities of color, 1929-1939 / Nancy A. Hewitt -- The global politics of labor -- Surviving globalization: immigrant women workers in late capitalist America / Evelyn Hu-Dehart -- Harassment of female farmworkers: can the legal system help? / Maria L. Ontiveros -- Caribbean women, domestic labor, and the politics of transnational migration / Carole Boyce Davies -- Creatively coping with crisis and globalization: Zimbabwean businesswomen in crocheting and knitting / Mary Johnson Osirim -- Surviving the global economy -- Of land and sea: women entrepreneurs in Negril, Jamaica / A. Lynn Bolles -- "My cocoa is between my legs": sex as working amont Ghanaian women / Akosua Adomako Ampofo -- Work as a duty and as a joy: understanding the role of work in the lives of Ghanaian female traders of global consumer items / Akosua K. Darkwah -- Gendering sugar: women's disempowerment in Sri Lankan sugar production / Nandini Gunewardena -- List of contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782511003321 |
| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Women's labor in the global economy [[electronic resource] ] : speaking in multiple voices / / edited by Sharon Harley
| Women's labor in the global economy [[electronic resource] ] : speaking in multiple voices / / edited by Sharon Harley |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.408 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HarleySharon |
| Soggetto topico |
Minority women - Employment
Women foreign workers Minority women - Economic conditions Minority women - Social conditions Globalization |
| ISBN |
1-281-09261-4
9786611092610 0-8135-4165-4 |
| Classificazione | 83.65 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction / Sharon Harley -- Laboring in transnational public spheres -- Race women: cultural productions and radical labor politics / Sharon Harley -- Of poetics and politics: the border journeys of Luisa Moreno / Vicki L. Ruiz -- Caring and inequality / Evelyn Nakano Glenn -- Economic crisis and political mobilization: reshaping cultures of resistance in Tampa's communities of color, 1929-1939 / Nancy A. Hewitt -- The global politics of labor -- Surviving globalization: immigrant women workers in late capitalist America / Evelyn Hu-Dehart -- Harassment of female farmworkers: can the legal system help? / Maria L. Ontiveros -- Caribbean women, domestic labor, and the politics of transnational migration / Carole Boyce Davies -- Creatively coping with crisis and globalization: Zimbabwean businesswomen in crocheting and knitting / Mary Johnson Osirim -- Surviving the global economy -- Of land and sea: women entrepreneurs in Negril, Jamaica / A. Lynn Bolles -- "My cocoa is between my legs": sex as working amont Ghanaian women / Akosua Adomako Ampofo -- Work as a duty and as a joy: understanding the role of work in the lives of Ghanaian female traders of global consumer items / Akosua K. Darkwah -- Gendering sugar: women's disempowerment in Sri Lankan sugar production / Nandini Gunewardena -- List of contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828699603321 |
| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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