Patriarchy and Accumulation On A World Scale
Subtitle: Women in the International Division of Labour
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: July 9, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781856497350
Subjects: Feminism; Work & labour; Women's Studies - General; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Social Science; Textbooks; Sociology; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Political Science : Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science / Women's Studies; Social Science : Women's Studies - General; Labor; International
First sentence: The Women's Liberation Movement (WLM) is perhaps the most controversial, as well as the most far-reaching of the new social movements: the ecology movement, the alternative movement, the peace movement, and others.
Description: "This now classic book traces the social origins of the sexual division of labor. It gives a history of the related processes of colonization and "housewifization" and extends this analysis to the contemporary new international division of labor and the role that women have to play as the cheapest producers and consumers. First published in 1986, it was hailed as a major paradigm shift for feminist theory. Eleven years on, Maria Mies' theory of capitalist patriarchy has become even more relevant; this new edition includes a substantial new introduction in which she both applies her theory to the new globalized world and answers her critics."--Back cover.