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Total Pages: 160
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The Crossroads of Class and Gender

The Crossroads of Class and Gender
Author: Lourdes Benería
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1987-06-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780226042329

In this innovative exploration of the interaction between economic processes and social relations, Lourdes Benería and Martha Roldán examine the effect of homework on gender and family dynamics. Their fieldwork in Mexico City during 1981-82 has enabled them to provide important new empirical data on industrial piecework performed by women as well as intimate glimpses of these women's lives which place that piecework in context. Tracing the stages of production from home to jobber, workshop, and manufacturer (often a multinational corporation), the authors demonstrate the way in which the work and lives of these women are connected through subcontracting to the national and often international system of production.

Nueva economía del bienestar

Nueva economía del bienestar
Author: Amartya K. Sen
Publisher: Universitat de València
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788437023175

Esta obra contribuye al homenaje que la Universitat de València rindió al profesor Amartya Kumar Sen con motivo de su investidura como Doctor Honoris Causa. La cuidada selección de artículos preparada por el profesor Casas Pardo, precedida de un estudio introductorio sobre su obra, recoge las aportaciones más importantes, originales y creativas del Dr. Sen a la economía, la ética y al pensamiento social en general.

Economía para andar por casa

Economía para andar por casa
Author: Pedro Pablo González Vicente
Publisher: Editorial Almuzara
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2012-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8483566958

Annotation Why do gas prices rise? Can we trust companies that offer to refinance our debt? How does labor reform affect you? Which investments are right for you? At what age should you start your retirement account? Every day we face new questions regarding economic choices and decisions. A renowned economist and three journalists have taken the most common economic doubts that affect almost everyone and have converted them into questions that can be answered in a clear and simple manner, clarifying concepts and demystifying topics.

The Economics of Women and Work in the Global Economy

The Economics of Women and Work in the Global Economy
Author: Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2022-07-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000620433

This book offers an analysis of the key issues faced by women in the labor market in the 21st century. It identifies the factors that inhibit women's participation in the labor market, studies occupational segregation by gender and analyzes labor transitions, questioning whether the experience for men and women differs. It also explores the effect of entrepreneurship support programs on women's economic and social positions, as well as the public policy implications of women's entry into the labor market. The book investigates working women in Mexico and also offers comparisons with countries such as Spain and developing countries within Eastern Europe. It explores a variety of topics, from a gender perspective, such as labor participation, the feminization of poverty, migration, wage gaps, changes in employment, informal work programs and public policy. Finally, the book offers a topical and timely analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic, tracking the gender inequalities among men and women in labor markets. The main market for the book is the global community of academics, researchers and graduate students in the fields of economics and, specifically, in the study of the labor market from a gender perspective. It will also be beneficial to government institutions responsible for the creation of public programs and policies, as well as non-governmental and non-profit organizations.

La actividad laboral femenina en el sur de Europa / Women and the labour market in the southern countries

La actividad laboral femenina en el sur de Europa / Women and the labour market in the southern countries
Author: María Luisa Moltó
Publisher: Universitat de València
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1998
Genre: Businesswomen
ISBN: 9788437038605

La penetración de las tecnologías de la información en los diversos ámbitos de la vida cotidiana está produciendo profundos cambios en todos los sectores; en algunos, particularmente en la televisión digital, se están viviendo momentos decisivos que conformarán un nuevo sistema comunicativo social. En este contexto, las televisiones locales serán unos agentes privilegiados para la formación de ese nuevo sistema audiovisual más acorde con las sociedades actuales, pero para conseguirlo es necesario acabar con la situación de incertidumbre normativa en que la actitud errática de la administración les ha obligado a sobrevivir desde que hace ya veinte años aparecieron las primeras televisiones locales en nuestro país. El libro hace un recorrido por la historia de la televisión, analizando el contexto socioeconómico, político y comunicativo en que se implantó y se ha venido desarrollando para caracterizar su momento actual. El texto se complementa con el informe detallado de la situación en que se encuentra el conjunto de las televisiones locales que operan en la provincia de Castellón, como muestra significativa de la crítica posición en que está el sector para afrontar la inminente transición a la TDT (televisión digital terrestre) que se le ha impuesto con tanta urgencia y que va acabar por determinar el equilibrio y la pluralidad de nuestro sistema comunicativo durante los próximos años y, en definitiva, el modelo de desarrollo futuro de nuestra sociedad.

Hispanic Immigrant Literature

Hispanic Immigrant Literature
Author: Nicolás Kanellos
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0292744722

Immigration has been one of the basic realities of life for Latino communities in the United States since the nineteenth century. It is one of the most important themes in Hispanic literature, and it has given rise to a specific type of literature while also defining what it means to be Hispanic in the United States. Immigrant literature uses predominantly the language of the homeland; it serves a population united by that language, irrespective of national origin; and it solidifies and furthers national identity. The literature of immigration reflects the reasons for emigrating, records—both orally and in writing—the trials and tribulations of immigration, and facilitates adjustment to the new society while maintaining links with the old society. Based on an archive assembled over the past two decades by author Nicolás Kanellos's Recovering the U. S. Hispanic Literary Heritage project, this comprehensive study is one of the first to define this body of work. Written and recorded by people from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America, the texts presented here reflect the dualities that have characterized the Hispanic immigrant experience in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century, set always against a longing for homeland.