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Making globalization work for women : the role of social rights and trade union leadership / edited by Valentine M. Moghadam, Suzanne Franzway, and Mary Margaret Fonow.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series, praxis, theory in action.
- SUNY series, praxis, theory in action
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism.
- Globalization.
- Women in the labor movement.
- Women's rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.
- Summary:
- Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women.
- Contents:
- Introduction and overview : globalization and women's social rights / Mary Margaret Fonow, Suzanne Franzway, Valentine M. Moghadam
- Towards economic citizenship : the Middle East and North Africa / Valentine M. Moghadam
- Promoting the social rights of working women : the case of Palestinian women in Israel / Michal Schwartz
- Tunisia : women's economic citizenship and trade union / Hafidha Chekir and Khedija Arafoui
- Gendered economic rights and trade unionism : the case of Argentina / Graciela di Marco
- Can a focus on survival and health as socio-economic rights help some of the world's most imperiled women in a globalized world? Cases from Ecuador, Ukraine, and Laos / Rae Lesser Blumberg and Andres Wilfrido Salazar-Paredes
- The ILO, gender equality, and trade unions / Shauna Olney
- Women's rights and leadership : a central trade union agenda / Jo Morris
- Achieving equality through quality : public services and the role of public sector trade unions / Nora Wintour
- The role of unions in the promotion of gender equality in france / Pascale Coton
- Trade unions, collective agency and the struggle for women's equality : expanding the political empowerment measure / Linda Briskin
- Women's leadership in the South African labor movement / Neva Seidman Makgetla
- Women-only unions and women union leaders in Japan / Kaye Broadbent
- Demanding their rights : LGBT transnational labor activism / Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow
- Ne'er the twain shall meet? Reflections on the future of feminism and unionism / Jennifer Curtin.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438439624
- 1438439628
- OCLC:
- 775361316
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