Social Justice in the Globalization of Production [electronic resource] : Labor, Gender, and the Environment Nexus /
Islam, Md Saidul.author.
Hossain, Md Ismail.author.
Md Saidul Islam and Md Ismail Hossain investigate how neoliberal globalization generates unique conditions, contradictions, and confrontations in labor, gender and environmental relations; and how a broader global social justice can mitigate the tensions and improve the conditions.
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Cover ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; List of Abbreviations and Glossaries; 1 The Globalization of Production; 2 Labor, Gender and the Environment: Analytic Framework; 3 Globalization, Gender and Labor Rights: Trends and Trajectories; 4 Women in Employment: Local Dynamics, Global Pressures; 5 Third World Industrialization: Women Workers between Exploitation and Survival; 6 Globalizing Food and a Tale of Two Revolutions: Labor, Gender and the Environment; 7 Migrant Labor: Conditions,Contradictions and Confrontations
8 Profit over Life: Industrial Disasters and Implications for Labor and Gender9 The Global Treadmill of Production and the Environment; 10 Conclusion: Social Justice in the Globalization of Production; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Md Saidul Islam and Md Ismail Hossain investigate how neoliberal globalization generates unique conditions, contradictions, and confrontations in labor, gender and environmental relations; and how a broader global social justice can mitigate the tensions and improve the conditions.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
Environmental policy.
International relations.
Globalization.
Political theory.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
Environmental Politics.
International Relations.
Globalization.
Political Theory.