Social Justice in the Globalization of Production: Labor, Gender, and the Environment Nexus (International Political Economy Series)

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. "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 Gender" -- "9 The Global Treadmill of Production and the Environment" -- "10 Conclusion: Social Justice in the Globalization of Production" -- "Notes" -- "References." Front Matter....Pages i-xvi The Globalization of Production....Pages 1-13 Labor, Gender and the Environment: Analytic Framework....Pages 14-36 Globalization, Gender and Labor Rights: Trends and Trajectories....Pages 37-52 Women in Employment: Local Dynamics, Global Pressures....Pages 53-72 Third World Industrialization: Women Workers between Exploitation and Survival....Pages 73-87 Globalizing Food and a Tale of Two Revolutions: Labor, Gender and the Environment....Pages 88-107 Migrant Labor: Conditions, Contradictions and Confrontations....Pages 108-125 Profit over Life: Industrial Disasters and Implications for Labor and Gender....Pages 126-143 The Global Treadmill of Production and the Environment....Pages 144-158 Conclusion: Social Justice in the Globalization of Production....Pages 159-174 Back Matter....Pages 175-206