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Book SynopsisExplores the debates and rhetoric surrounding home-based workers that have taken place in global movements and multilateral organizations since the early 1900s. This title describes the rules that have separated home and work and, in the process, created a diverse array of distinctly gendered identities.
Table of Contents1. Feminism, Constructivism, and the Global Politics of Home-Based Work 2. Motherly Women--Breadwinning Men: Industrial Homework and the Construction of Western Welfare States 3. Supplemental Earners and National Essence: Home-Based Crafts Producers and Nation-Building in Post-Colonial States 4. Marginal Survivors or Nurturant Entrepreneurs: Home-Based Work in the Informal Sector 5. Fordist Gender Rules at Issue: The Debate over the ILO Convention on Homework 6. Fordist Class Categories at Issue: Are Homeworkers Employees or Self-Employed? 7. Studying Global Politics Appendix: ILO Convention Concerning Home Work Notes Index
