Women and Agribusiness : Working Miracles in the Chilean Fruit Export Sector

by Barrientos, Stephanie

• ISBN13: 9780333682937
• ISBN10: 0333682939
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Macmillan UK

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures and Maps	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of Acronyms and Spanish Terms	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Women and Agribusiness - an Overview	p. 13
Gender, State and Rural Transformation - Background to the "Fruit Explosion"	p. 36
The Fruit Export Sector and Global Supply Chain	p. 62
Female Fruit Employment - Las Temporeras	p. 86
Case Study: Rural Fruit Workers in the North	p. 109
Case Study: Urban Fruit Workers in the South	p. 134
State Policy and the Temporeras in the Transition to Democracy	p. 167
Global Policies for Temporary Workers in Agribusiness-Conclusion	p. 185
Notes	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 227
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