ABSTRACT
This book sheds light on the real experiences of women in different societies, exploring the impact of globalization through the changing nature of the labour of women. A comprehensive survey of women and work is provided by using case studies and empirical data collected from throughout Asia and also includes an analysis of Asian immigrants working in the US.
This book is an invaluable resource, accessible to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of women's studies, labour relations, international political economy and Asian studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Global capital and local patriarchy
The financial crisis and women workers in South Korea
chapter |20 pages
The economic reform and feminisation of labour in agriculture
The case of rural village women in India
chapter |19 pages
Facing a new revolution in Vietnam
State textile workers in the post-reform economy
chapter |23 pages
Working for global factories
Thai women in electronics export companies in the Northern Regional Industrial Estate
chapter |21 pages
Global labour markets and national responses
Legal regimes governing female migrant workers in Japan
