Making globalization work for women : the role of social rights and trade union leadership / edited by Valentine M. Moghadam, Suzanne Franzway, Mary Margaret Fonow

Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2011]
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: xvi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators: Moghadam, Valentine M., 1952-, Franzway, Suzanne, and Fonow, Mary Margaret, 1949-

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SUNY series, praxis, theory in action

Contents

Introduction and overview : globalization and women's social rights / Mary Margaret Fonow, Suzanne Franzway, Valentine M. Moghadam -- Towards economic citizenship : the Middle East and North Africa / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Promoting the social rights of working women : the case of Palestinian women in Israel / Michal Schwartz -- Tunisia : women's economic citizenship and trade union / Hafidha Chékir and Khédija Arafoui -- Gendered economic rights and trade unionism : the case of Argentina / Graciela di Marco -- Can a focus on survival and health as socio-economic rights help some of the world's most imperiled women in a globalized world? : cases from Ecuador, Ukraine, and Laos / Rae Lesser Blumberg and Andres Wilfrido Salazar-Paredes -- The ILO, gender equality, and trade unions / Shauna Olney -- Women's rights and leadership : a central trade union agenda / Jo Morris -- Achieving equality through quality : public services and the role of public sector trade unions / Nora Wintour -- The role of unions in the promotion of gender equality in france / Pascale Coton -- Trade unions, collective agency and the struggle for women's equality : expanding the political empowerment measure / Linda Briskin -- Women's leadership in the South African labor movement / Neva Seidman Makgetla -- Women-only unions and women union leaders in Japan / Kaye Broadbent -- Demanding their rights : LGBT transnational labor activism / Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow -- Ne'er the twain shall meet? : reflections on the future of feminism and unionism / Jennifer Curtin.

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9781438439600 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1438439601 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781438439617 (hardcover : alk. paper)
143843961X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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