From the Revolution to the Maquiladoras: Gender, Labor, and Globalization in Nicaragua

by Emily S. Rosenberg, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Gilbert M. Joseph

From the Revolution to the Maquiladoras is a major contribution to the study of globalization, labor, and women's movements. Jennifer Bickham Mendez presents a detailed ethnographic account of the Nicaraguan Working and Unemployed Women's Movement, "Mar a Elena Cuadra" (mec), which emerged as an autonomous organization in 1994. Most of its efforts revolve around organizing women workers in Nicaragua's free trade zones and working to improve...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822335522
• ISBN13: 9780822335528
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages