Gender & Social Protection Strategies in the Informal Economy

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ISBN: 9780415578257 | 0415578256
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Copyright: 4/13/2010

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This book examines the constraints that confine women to poorly paid, irregular and casual work that falls outside any formal social security and protective legislation. The author shows how globalization has not in any way been beneficial to this marginalized group.

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List of Boxes and Tables	p. vii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. ix
Risk, Vulnerability and Social Protection: International Perspectives	p. 1
Gender and Trends in the Global Labour Force: New and Persisting Forms of Vulnerability	p. 26
Gender, Life Course and Livelihoods: Analytical Framework and Empirical Insights	p. 51
Preventing Child Labour, Promoting Education: Disrupting the Inter-generational Transmission of Poverty	p. 101
Alternative Approaches to Employment-based Social Protection	p. 143
Financial Services for Women in the Informal Economy: Protecting and Promoting Livelihoods	p. 186
Pensions and Transfers: Social Protection in Old Age	p. 235
The Indispensability of Voice: Organising for Social Protection in the Informal Economy	p. 261
Towards a 'Generative' Model of Social Protection: Making the Links to Development Policy	p. 301
References and Select Bibliography	p. 337
About the Author	p. 372
Index	p. 373
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Gender & Social Protection Strategies in the Informal Economy

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