Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy Women Organizing in the Pr
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
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Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy Women Organizing in the Process of Industrialization
Edited by
Amrita Chhachhi
Lecturer in Women's Studies Institute of Social Studies The Hague
and Renee Pittin
Associate Professor Women and Development Programme Institute of Social Studies The Hague
in association with the Palgrave Macmillan
First published in Great Britain 1996 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-24452-2 ISBN 978-1-349-24450-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-24450-8
First published in the United States of America 1996 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Divisilm, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010
ISBN 978-0-312-12980-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for
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Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1996 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permissilm. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Apt 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I OS 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96
Contents List of Tables
vii
List of Figures
viii
Preface
ix
Notes on the Contributors
X
Introduction Amrita Chhachhi and Renee Pittin
Part I Reconceptualising Industrialisation and Organisation Appraising Recent Developments in the World Market for Nimble Fingers Diane Elson 2
Women Organising in the Process of Deindustrialisation Martha Roldan
3 Multiple Identities, Multiple Strategies Amrita Chhachhi and Renee Pittin
Part ll Strengthening and Broadening the Base: Trade Unions and New Organisational Strategies 4 Research in Action: Organising Women Factory Workers in Pakistan Farhat Parveen and Karamat Ali
33 35 56
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131 135
S The Contribution of Feminist Training to the Democratisation of Labour Unions Cecilia Olea Maule6n
151
6 Philippine Trade Unions and the Challenge of Gender Jurgette A. Honculada
164
7
Urban Working-Class Women: The Need for Autonomy Rohini Bensman
183
8 Women Organising for Change in Caribbean Free Zones Leith L. Dunn
205
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Contents
vi
9 Asian Industrial Women Workers in the 1980s Loh Cheng-Kooi 10 Women Working Worldwide: A Case Study Linda Shaw
Part ill Work Is Where You Find It: Organising from Home and Community 11
The Ideology of Domesticity and the Struggles of Women Workers in Zimbabwe Rudo B. Gaidzanwa
12 Women Organising under the Structural Adjustment Programme Mairo V. Bello 13 Homeworking in South Korea Young-ock Kim
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