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Threads
Gender, Labor, and Power in the Global Apparel Industry
Häftad, 2003
265 kr
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Americans have been shocked by media reports of the dismal working conditions in factories that make clothing for U.S. companies. But while well intentioned, many of these reports about child labor and sweatshop practices rely on stereotypes of how Third World factories operate, ignoring the …
Both Hands Tied
Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market
Av Jane L. Collins, Victoria Mayer
Häftad, 2010
282 kr
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"Both Hands Tied" studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to …
Politics of Value
Three Movements to Change How We Think about the Economy
E-bok, 2017
474 kr
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The Great Recession not only shook Americans’ economic faith but also prompted powerful critiques of economic institutions. This timely book explores three movements that gathered force after 2008: the rise of the benefit corporation, which requires social responsibility and eschews share price as …
Reading National Geographic
Av Catherine A. Lutz, Jane L. Collins
Häftad, 1993
290 kr
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For its millions of readers, the National Geographic has long been a window to the world of exotic peoples and places. In this fascinating account of an American institution, Catherine A. Lutz and Jane L. Collins explore the possibility that the magazine, in purporting to teach us about distant …
Politics of Value
Three Movements to Change How We Think about the Economy
Inbunden, 2017
744 kr
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The Great Recession not only shook Americans' economic faith but also prompted powerful critiques of economic institutions. This timely book explores three movements that gathered force after 2008: the rise of the benefit corporation, which requires social responsibility and eschews share price as …
Work Without Wages
Comparative Studies of Domestic Labor and Self-Employment
Av Jane L. Collins, Martha E. Gimenez
Häftad, 1990
413 kr
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This book expands recent research on the economic significance of household-based production for family consumption and for the wider market. While the importance of women's domestic labor has been generally recognized, the complex articulation between household activities and the changing nature …
