Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Amrita Chhachhi, Renée Pittin

      Pages 1-32

3. Reconceptualising Industrialisation and Organisation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-34

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   2. Appraising Recent Developments in the World Market for Nimble Fingers

      • Diane Elson

      Pages 35-55

   3. Women Organising in the Process of Deindustrialisation

      • Martha Roldan

      Pages 56-92

   4. Multiple Identities, Multiple Strategies

      • Amrita Chhachhi, Renée Pittin

      Pages 93-130

4. Strengthening and Broadening the Base: Trade Unions and New Organisational Strategies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-134

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   2. Research in Action: Organising Women Factory Workers in Pakistan

      • Farhat Parveen, Karamat Ali

      Pages 135-150

   3. The Contribution of Feminist Training to the Democratisation of Labour Unions

      • Cecilia Olea Mauleón

      Pages 151-163

   4. Philippine Trade Unions and the Challenge of Gender

      • Jurgette A. Honculada

      Pages 164-182

   5. Urban Working-class Women: The Need for Autonomy

      • Rohini Hensman

      Pages 183-204

   6. Women Organising for Change in Caribbean Free Zones

      • Leith L. Dunn

      Pages 205-243

   7. Asian Industrial Women Workers in the 1980s

      • Loh Cheng-Kooi

      Pages 244-255

   8. Women Working Worldwide: A Case Study

      • Linda Shaw

      Pages 256-267

5. Work is Where You Find It: Organising from Home and Community

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-271

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   2. The Ideology of Domesticity and the Struggles of Women Workers in Zimbabwe

      • Rudo B. Gaidzanwa

      Pages 273-289

   3. Women Organising under the Structural Adjustment Programme

      • Mairo V. Bello

      Pages 290-306

   4. Homeworking in South Korea

      • Young-ock Kim

      Pages 307-329

   5. Purple and Red Banners: Joint Strategies for Women Workers in the Informal Sector

      • Nandita Gandhi

      Pages 330-359

6. Back Matter

   Pages 360-369

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Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy brings together documentation of women's struggles in the process of industrialisation, within and outside traditional workers' organizations. With contributions from researchers and activists particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the volume gives a broad display of both the constraints, and the ingenuity and determination with which women workers strive to improve their situation. Through both theory and rich empirical detail, the volume demonstrates the integral linkages between the home, workplace, and the state and international arenas, and between activists and academe in response to technological and industrial restructuring.

• organization
• organizations
• women

• Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

  Amrita Chhachhi

• Women and Davelopment Programme, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

  Renée Pittin

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