Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy -

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Résumé :
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.

Sommaire:
Preface - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; A.Chhachhi & R.Pittin - PART 1: RECONCEPTUALISING INDUSTRIALISATION AND ORGANISATION - Appraising Recent Developments in the World Market for Nimble Fingers; D.Elson - Women Organizing in the Process of De-Industrialisation; M.Roldan - Multiple Identities, Multiple Strategies; A.Chhachhi & R.Pittin - PART 2: STRENGTHENING AND BROADENING THE BASE: TRADE UNIONS AND NEW ORGANISATIONAL STRATEGIES - Research in Action; F.Parveen & K.Ali - The Contribution of Feminist Training to the Democratization of Labour Unions; C.O.Mauleon - Philippe Trade Unions and the Challenge of Gender; J.A.Honculada - Urban Working Class Women; R.Hensman - Women Organising for Change in Caribbean Free Zones; L.L.Dunn - Asian Industrial Women Workers in the Nineteen Eighties; L.Cheng-Kooi - Women Working Worldwide; L.Shaw - PART 3: WORK IS WHERE YOU FIND IT: ORGANISING FROM HOME AND COMMUNITY - The Ideology of Domesticity and the Struggles of Women Workers; R.B.Gaidzanwa - Women Organising under the Structural Adjustment Programme; M.V.Bello - Homeworking in South Korea; Y-o.Kim - Purple and Red Banners: Joint Strategies for Women Workers in the Informal Sector; N.Gandhi - Bibliography - Index