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Women Workers in Turkey : Global Industrial Production in Istanbul.

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Globalisation is often considered as not only generating jobs, but also having a negative effect on those at the bottom of the labour supply chain. Here Saniye Dedeoglu shows us exactly how globalisation has affected women engaged in insecure, invisible and low/unpaid garment work. Through a close e...

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Main Author: Dedeoglu, Saniye
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris & Co., 2007.
Subjects:
Women employees > Turkey > Istanbul.
Personnel féminin > Turquie > İstanbul.
Labour economics.
Women employees
Turkey > Istanbul
Electronic books.
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Summary:Globalisation is often considered as not only generating jobs, but also having a negative effect on those at the bottom of the labour supply chain. Here Saniye Dedeoglu shows us exactly how globalisation has affected women engaged in insecure, invisible and low/unpaid garment work. Through a close ethnographic study of women workers in Istanbul's garment industry, she reveals how industries have adapted their labour demands to make use of local female labour supplies, and highlights the strategies and responses that have evolved in response to contemporary changes in global industrial producti.
Physical Description:1 online resource (228 pages)
ISBN:9780857717993
0857717995
DOI:10.5040/9780755607488