Women, Employment and the Family in the International Division of Labour [Paperback]

This IPE Classic investigates the interrelations between women's participation in the urban wage economy and their productive and reproductive roles in the household and family. With a new Preface and Foreword, it argues that the household itself is an important determinant of the character and timing of women's labour force participation.Foreword; Timothy M. Shaw Preface; Jane L. Parpart 1. Introduction - Women, Employment and the Family: Current Debates; Sharon Stichter 2. Women and Industrialization in the Caribbean; Helen I.Safa 3. Women, the Family, and the State: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore: Newly Industrialized Countries in Asia; Janet W.Salaff 4. Female Employment and Export-Led Development in Ireland: Labour Market Impact of State-Reinforced Gender Inequality in the Household; Jean L.Pyle 5. Wage Earning Women and the Double Day: The Nigerian Case; Jane L.Parpart 6. Women, Work and Social Change in Algeria; Marnia Lazreg 7. Patterns of Patriarchy in the Peruvian Working-Class; Alison MacEwen Scott 8. Socioeconomic Determinants of the Outcomes of Women's Income-Generation in Developing Countries; Constantina Safilios-Rothschild 9. Public Employment and Private Relations: Women and Work in India; Ursula Sharma

'This is a must-read for scholars and students interested in the relationship between women and 'everyday international political economy.' The general reader also will gain broader historical-cultural contexts for understanding today's debates on women, work and family.' - Christine B. N. Chin, American University, USA

'One of the finest volumes ever on the intersections between female labour force participation and family structure. Its publication should encourage GAD scholars to embrace the rich historical legacy of the field, as well as impress upon them the continued need for solidly-researched, empirically-informed, comparative inputs to conceptual debate.' -Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics and Political Sciencel)