Prugl, Elisabeth.
The global construction of gender : home-based work in the political economy of the 20th century / Elisabeth Prugl. - New York : Columbia University Press, c1999. - xi, 231 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-224) and index.
Acknowledgments -- 1. Feminism, Constructivism, and the Global Politics of Home-Based Work -- 2. Motherly Women - Breadwinning Men: Industrial Homework and the Construction of Western Welfare States -- 3. Supplemental Earners and National Essence: Home-Based Crafts Producers and Nation-Building in Post-Colonial States -- 4. Marginal Survivors or Nurturant Entrepreneurs: Home-Based Workers in the Informal Sector -- 5. Fordist Gender Rules at Issue: The Debate Over the ILO Home Work Convention -- 6. Fordist Class Categories at Issue: Are Homeworkers Employees or Self-Employed? -- 7. Studying Global Politics -- App. ILO Convention Concerning Home Work.
0231115601 023111561X $18.50
99024851
GBA1-18509
Home labor.
Sex role in the work environment.
Women--Employment.
Foreign trade and employment.
International trade.
HD2333 / .P78 1999
331.425 / PRG
The global construction of gender : home-based work in the political economy of the 20th century / Elisabeth Prugl. - New York : Columbia University Press, c1999. - xi, 231 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-224) and index.
Acknowledgments -- 1. Feminism, Constructivism, and the Global Politics of Home-Based Work -- 2. Motherly Women - Breadwinning Men: Industrial Homework and the Construction of Western Welfare States -- 3. Supplemental Earners and National Essence: Home-Based Crafts Producers and Nation-Building in Post-Colonial States -- 4. Marginal Survivors or Nurturant Entrepreneurs: Home-Based Workers in the Informal Sector -- 5. Fordist Gender Rules at Issue: The Debate Over the ILO Home Work Convention -- 6. Fordist Class Categories at Issue: Are Homeworkers Employees or Self-Employed? -- 7. Studying Global Politics -- App. ILO Convention Concerning Home Work.
0231115601 023111561X $18.50
99024851
GBA1-18509
Home labor.
Sex role in the work environment.
Women--Employment.
Foreign trade and employment.
International trade.
HD2333 / .P78 1999
331.425 / PRG