Gendered Struggles against Globalisation in Mexico

by Healy,Teresa

• ISBN13: 9780754637011
• ISBN10: 0754637018
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Examines resistance within Mexican labour unions during a period of sustained crisis at the regional and national level, as well as the level of world order. Gender, having played a central role in the construction of relatively stable historical structures in Mexico, continued to shape the struggles of radical labour movements throughout a period of deepening crisis. · Contends that globalisation is not just about the activities of multinational corporations · Uses gender as a central concept in analysing Mexico's experience with globalisation · Highlights the diversity and rich political history of social movements in Mexico · Links regional and national level analysis to world order Studies the contradictory ways in which globalisation is experienced by workers on a local level and how struggles are linked to the ongoing internationalisation of the workplace. Changing material conditions, institutions and ideological forces have been profoundly gendered throughout twentieth century Mexico. Rather than concentrating exclusively on the role of transnational capital and state in advancing globalisation, Healy uncovers the limits and possibilities of working class men and women in transforming the conditions of crisis in which they live. Contents: Introduction; 'Of labour and social provision': gender, production and revolutionary nationalism; Nissan workers, caudillismo and social unionism; The maquilization of Ford de México; Volkswagen, NAFTA and the disintegration of labour rights in Mexico; Globalisation and the gendering of working class politics; Bibliography; Index. About the Author: Dr Teresa Healy is a Senior Researcher, Social & Economic Policy Department, Canadian Labour Congress, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction

'Of labour and social provision': gender, production and revolutionary nationalism

Nissan workers, caudillismo and social unionism

The maquilisation of Ford de México

Volkswagen, NAFTA and the disintegration of labour rights in Mexico

Globalisation and the gendering of working class politics

Bibliography

Index

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