Care work and class
Subtitle: domestic workers' struggle for equal rights in Latin America
By: Merike Blofield
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271053271
Subjects: Industrial relations; Equality; Labor movement; Social conditions; Household employees; History; Social classes
Description: "Examines the movement for labor reform among domestic workers in Latin America. Explores how domestic workers' mobilization, strategic alliances, and political windows of opportunity can lead to improved rights"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: List of acronyms; title: Introduction; title: Domestic workers in Latin America today; title: Overcoming elite resistance; title: Working in chronic informality; title: Bolivia and Costa Rica : social mobilization and reform from the bottom up; title: Uruguay and Chile : basic universalism versus top-down incrementalism; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: References; title: Index.