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Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy

Women Organizing in the Process of Industrialization

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Amrita Chhachhi

    1. Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

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  2. Renée Pittin

    1. Women and Davelopment Programme, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (ISSTH)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Amrita Chhachhi, Renée Pittin
      Pages 1-32

  3. Reconceptualising Industrialisation and Organisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-34
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    2. Appraising Recent Developments in the World Market for Nimble Fingers

      • Diane Elson
      Pages 35-55

    3. Women Organising in the Process of Deindustrialisation

      • Martha Roldan
      Pages 56-92

    4. Multiple Identities, Multiple Strategies

      • Amrita Chhachhi, Renée Pittin
      Pages 93-130

  4. Strengthening and Broadening the Base: Trade Unions and New Organisational Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-134
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    2. Research in Action: Organising Women Factory Workers in Pakistan

      • Farhat Parveen, Karamat Ali
      Pages 135-150

    3. The Contribution of Feminist Training to the Democratisation of Labour Unions

      • Cecilia Olea Mauleón
      Pages 151-163

    4. Philippine Trade Unions and the Challenge of Gender

      • Jurgette A. Honculada
      Pages 164-182

    5. Urban Working-class Women: The Need for Autonomy

      • Rohini Hensman
      Pages 183-204

    6. Women Organising for Change in Caribbean Free Zones

      • Leith L. Dunn
      Pages 205-243

    7. Asian Industrial Women Workers in the 1980s

      • Loh Cheng-Kooi
      Pages 244-255

    8. Women Working Worldwide: A Case Study

      • Linda Shaw
      Pages 256-267

  5. Work is Where You Find It: Organising from Home and Community

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-271
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    2. The Ideology of Domesticity and the Struggles of Women Workers in Zimbabwe

      • Rudo B. Gaidzanwa
      Pages 273-289

    3. Women Organising under the Structural Adjustment Programme

      • Mairo V. Bello
      Pages 290-306

    4. Homeworking in South Korea

      • Young-ock Kim
      Pages 307-329

    5. Purple and Red Banners: Joint Strategies for Women Workers in the Informal Sector

      • Nandita Gandhi
      Pages 330-359

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 360-369
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Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy brings together documentation of women's struggles in the process of industrialisation, within and outside traditional workers' organizations. With contributions from researchers and activists particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the volume gives a broad display of both the constraints, and the ingenuity and determination with which women workers strive to improve their situation. Through both theory and rich empirical detail, the volume demonstrates the integral linkages between the home, workplace, and the state and international arenas, and between activists and academe in response to technological and industrial restructuring.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

    Amrita Chhachhi

  • Women and Davelopment Programme, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

    Renée Pittin

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