000			01537nam a22001817a 4500
020			_a9781108492317
082			_a658.87 _bBAR/G
100			_aBarrientos, Stephanie
245			_aGender and work in global value chains : _bcapturing the gains?/ _cby Stephanie Barrientos
260			_aCambridge ; New York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2019.
300			_axxvi,306p.
490			_a Development trajectories in global value chains, 6.
520			_a This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the working lives of hundreds of millions of workers in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The growth of contemporary retail has been driven by the commercialised production of many goods previously produced unpaid by women within the home. Sourcing is now largely undertaken through global value chains in low- or middle-income economies, using a 'cheap' feminised labour force to produce low-price goods. As women have been drawn into the labour force, households are increasingly dependent on the purchase of food and consumer goods, blurring the boundaries between paid and unpaid work. This book examines how gendered patterns of work have changed and explores the extent to which global retail opens up new channels to leverage more gender-equitable gains in sourcing countries
650			_aRetail trade.
650			_aWomen -- _vEmployment.
650			_aEquality.
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