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The Global Construction of Gender
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Book : The Global Construction of Gender Author : * * Elisabeth Prügl Language : English Library : Women Publish Place : New York ISBN : 0-231-11560-1 Publish Date : January 1999 Publisher : Columbia University Press Book Type : Book Book Number : 1873 |
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INDEX
ContentsAcknowledgments ix
1. Feminism, Constructivism, and the Global Politics of Home-
Based Work 1
2. Motherly Women - Breadwinning Men: Industrial Homework
and the Construction of Western Welfare States 25
3. Supplemental Earners and National Essence: Home-Based Crafts
Producers and Nation-Building in Post-Colonial States 56
4. Marginal Survivors or Nurturant Entrepreneurs: Home-Based
Workers in the Informal Sector 79
5. Fordist Gender Rules at Issue: The Debate Over the ILO Home
Work Convention 100
6. Fordist Class Categories at Issue: Are Homeworkers Employees or
Self-Employed? 121
7. Studying Global Politics 143
Appendix: ILO Convention
Concerning Home Work 153
Notes 159
Bibliography 199
Index 225
