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9780742508941

Fast Forward Work, Gender, and Protest in a Changing World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742508941

  • ISBN10:

    0742508943

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-07-20
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This innovative, global feminist analysis of work and politics examines the diverse problems and related protests of women and men who labor to make ends meet in a rapidly-changing world. Using vivid examples from around the world, it reveals how globalization is reshaping social institutions and lives. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Torry D. Dickinson is a professor of women's studies at Kansas State University Robert K. Schaeffer is a professor of sociology at Kansas State University

Table of Contents

Preface: Looking Back, Moving Forward ix
Part I Seeing Global Change 1(20)
An Introduction to Work, Gender, and Protest
3(18)
Part II Worker Households, Businesses, and States 21(138)
The Meaning of Work
23(13)
The Changing World of Work
36(13)
The Redistribution and Reorganization of Work in the Core
49(33)
The Submerging Periphery
82(32)
Reverses in the Semiperiphery
114(24)
Welfare States Cut Worker Benefits
138(21)
Part III The Changing Ground for Working Households 159(44)
Households, Class Transformations, and the Emergence of Women-Centered Labor Movements
161(25)
The Degradation of Social and Natural Work Environments
186(17)
Part IV Change and Protest 203(70)
Institutional Struggles: Female and Male Workers Challenge Business
205(19)
Institutional Struggles: Workers Challenge States
224(28)
Diversifying Struggles: Redefining Work and Society
252(21)
Part V Conclusion 273(18)
Fast Forward
275(16)
Selected Bibliography 291(4)
Index 295(8)
About the Authors 303

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