Gender and work in global value chains : capturing the gains? / Stephanie Barrientos.
Barrientos, Stephanie| Call Number | 658.87 |
| Author | Barrientos, Stephanie, author. |
| Title | Gender and work in global value chains : capturing the gains? / Stephanie Barrientos. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxvi, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Development trajectories in global value chains ; 6 |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2019). |
| Summary | This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the working lives of hundreds of millions of workers in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The growth of contemporary retail has been driven by the commercialised production of many goods previously produced unpaid by women within the home. Sourcing is now largely undertaken through global value chains in low- or middle-income economies, using a 'cheap' feminised labour force to produce low-price goods. As women have been drawn into the labour force, households are increasingly dependent on the purchase of food and consumer goods, blurring the boundaries between paid and unpaid work. This book examines how gendered patterns of work have changed and explores the extent to which global retail opens up new channels to leverage more gender-equitable gains in sourcing countries. |
| Subject | RETAIL TRADE. Women Employment. EQUALITY. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the working lives of hundreds of millions of workers in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The growth of contemporary retail has been driven by the commercialised production of many goods previously produced unpaid by women within the home. Sourcing is now largely undertaken through global value chains in low- or middle-income economies, using a 'cheap' feminised labour force to produce low-price goods. As women have been drawn into the labour force, households are increasingly dependent on the purchase of food and consumer goods, blurring the boundaries between paid and unpaid work. This book examines how gendered patterns of work have changed and explores the extent to which global retail opens up new channels to leverage more gender-equitable gains in sourcing countries. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2019). |
| Subject | RETAIL TRADE. Women Employment. EQUALITY. |
| Multimedia |