Women of a lesser cost : female labour, foreign exchange, and Philippine development
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Bibliographic Information
Women of a lesser cost : female labour, foreign exchange, and Philippine development
(Anthropology, culture and society)
Pluto Press, 1995
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 48 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-357) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780745309453
Description
This study explores the links among women's employment, migration and household organization. Female labour-force participation has long been recognized as depending on a broad spectrum of social, economic, and demographic factors. Drawing on over 400 interviews with workers, households, and employers in the Philippine Visayas, this book provides insights for theories about women's work, with a focus on implications for gender roles and relations. Looking at three activities critical to the generation of foreign exchange - export manufacturing, international tourism, and sex work - it provides a systematic investigation of the ways in which women's incorporation into different sectors is affected by their social, demographic and economic circumstances, asking whether different jobs are associated with new migration and household patterns. The authors show that despite the embeddedness of gender inequalities in all these spheres, Filipino women do stand to gain some benefit from increased demand for their labour.
Table of Contents
- Gender and development in the Philippines
- the Philippine economy - national perspectives, export-oriented development and growth in the Central and Western Visayas
- gender, migration and low-income households in Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Boracay - an overview
- gender and manufacturing employment
- gender and tourism employment
- gender and sex work
- comparative perspectives on work and women's status
- conclusion - policy implications and directions for future research.
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780745309460
Description
This study explores the links among women's employment, migration and household organization. Female labour-force participation has long been recognized as depending on a broad spectrum of social, economic and demographic factors. Drawing on over 400 interviews with workers, households, and employers in the Philippine Visayas, this book provides insights for theories about women's work, with a focus on implications for gender roles and relations. Looking at three activities critical to the generation of foreign exchange - export manufacturing, international tourism, and sex work - it provides a systematic investigation of the ways in which women's incorporation into different sectors is affected by their social, demographic and economic circumstances, asking whether different jobs are associated with new migration and household patterns. The authors show that despite the embeddedness of gender inequalities in all these spheres, Filipino women do stand to gain some benefit from increased demand for their labour.
Table of Contents
- Gender and development in the Philippines
- the Philippine economy - national perspectives, export-oriented development and growth in the Central and Western Visayas
- gender, migration and low-income households in Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Boracay - an overview
- gender and manufacturing employment
- gender and tourism employment
- gender and sex work
- comparative perspectives on work and women's status
- conclusion - policy implications and directions for future research.
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