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Title The hidden assembly line : gender dynamics of subcontracted work in a global economy / edited by Radhika Balakrishnan.

Imprint

Bloomfield, Conn. : Kumarian Press, c2002.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	338.476928 H53	---	Available

Description	viii, 154 p. : charts ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Subcontracting : the push-pull factor / Radhika Balakrishnan and Asad Sayeed -- Subcontracted work and gender relations : the case of Pakistan / Saba Gul Khattak -- Women subcontracted workers in Sri Lanka / Swarna Jayaweera -- View from below : impact of the financial crisis on subcontracted workers in the Philippines / Rosalinda Pineda Ofreneo, Joseph Y. Lim, Lourdes Abad Gula -- Subcontracted women workers in the garment industry in India / Jeemol Unni and Mamrata Bali.
Subject	Subcontracting -- Asia -- Case studies.
	Women -- Employment -- Asia -- Case studies.
	Home labor -- Asia -- Case studies.
	Globalization -- Case studies.
Added Author	Balakrishnan, Radhika.
ISBN	1565491394 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	1565491408 (cloth : alk. paper)