Fast Forward Work, Gender, and Protest in a

This innovative, global feminist analysis of work and politics examines the diverse problems and related protests of women and men who labor to make ends meet in a rapidly-changing world. Using vivid examples from around the world, it reveals how globalization is reshaping social institutions and lives. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Torry D. Dickinson is a professor of women's studies at Kansas State University Robert K. Schaeffer is a professor of sociology at Kansas State University

Preface: Looking Back, Moving Forward

ix

Part I Seeing Global Change

1

(20)

An Introduction to Work, Gender, and Protest

3

(18)

Part II Worker Households, Businesses, and States

21

(138)

The Meaning of Work

23

(13)

The Changing World of Work

36

(13)

The Redistribution and Reorganization of Work in the Core

49

(33)

The Submerging Periphery

82

(32)

Reverses in the Semiperiphery

114

(24)

Welfare States Cut Worker Benefits

138

(21)

Part III The Changing Ground for Working Households

159

(44)

Households, Class Transformations, and the Emergence of Women-Centered Labor Movements

161

(25)

The Degradation of Social and Natural Work Environments

186

(17)

Part IV Change and Protest

203

(70)

Institutional Struggles: Female and Male Workers Challenge Business

205

(19)

Institutional Struggles: Workers Challenge States

224

(28)

Diversifying Struggles: Redefining Work and Society

252

(21)

Part V Conclusion

273

(18)

Fast Forward

275

(16)

Selected Bibliography

291

(4)

Index

295

(8)

About the Authors

303

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Fast Forward Work, Gender, and Protest in a Changing World

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