Gendering Globalization on the Ground: The Limits of Feminized Work for Mexican Women's Empowerment

by Gay Young

How has globalization worked for women working on the frontlines of neoliberalism on the Mexico-US border? This critical comparison of socially similar women, working either in export production industries or in small-scale commerce and low-level services in Ciudad Ju rez, reveals how export factory work constrains women's empowerment at home - as well as the wages they earn and the well-being of their households. It challenges neoliberal notions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138700363
• ISBN13: 9781138700369
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"