Globalization and Labor
This author argues that neoliberal globalization has strengthened social controls over employment in developing economies.
Alessandra Mezzadri
According to Barrientos, this process has both created opportunities and increased instability for women in the labor market.
Globalization of production
This field combines economic theories with gender analysis to explain exploitation in global capitalism.
Feminist economics
This case study location is known for exploiting local labor through a decentralized production model.
Delhi, India.
Barrientos' approach is similar to Norando's from Unit 1, who used this framework to understand women’s exploitation.
Patriarchal capitalism
The shift to decentralized production globally relies on this type of labor system in developing countries.
Informal Labor
Women bear both paid employment and these types of responsibilities, often resulting in labor inequality.
Domestic reproduction responsibilities
The full form of FIPE, FE, and FPED.
Feminist International Political Economy, Feminist Economics, and Feminist Political Economy of Development
Mezzadri's study of the clothing industry reveals that labor laws are often based on these types of practices.
Regional, unofficial practices
Both Barrientos and Escat's articles apply this type of framework to feminist research.
Intersectional framework
This system, according to Mezzadri, integrates traditional social hierarchies into global production chains.
Neo-liberal capitalism
This type of inequality framework is necessary to understand the complex interplay of gender and globalization.
Understanding of gender inequality
This ideology emphasizes the mechanisms needed to sustain life and labor under capitalism, especially from a gendered perspective.
Social reproduction theory
Barrientos highlights that women often work in these types of environments due to globalization, leading to limited labor protections.
Informal work environments
This Unit 2 author's article aligns with Barrientos' work by examining gender in the labor market.
Kuokkanen
Mezzadri's case study focuses on the clothing industry in this city.
Delhi
This term describes the increase of women in the global workforce, often in unstable roles.
Feminization of labor markets
Norando’s article from Unit 1 uses this term to describe a system where capitalism is intertwined with gendered exploitation.
Patriarchal capitalism
The reliance on cheap labor in the Global South by multinational companies is a form of this economic practice.
Labor exploitation
The idea of social reproduction as an economic analysis tool was introduced in Unit 1 by this author.
Bezanson
The pandemic highlighted the importance of this framework in understanding global capitalism's inequalities.
Social reproduction
Barrientos argues that labor and reproductive rights-focused policies are necessary for this goal in the global economy.
Gender equity
Mezzadri’s work relates to this Unit 1 author, who discussed the effect of existing social structures on labor markets.
Bezanson
The 2022 Mezzadri article emphasizes how neoliberalism has affected this type of work in the Global South.
Informal work
Each text discussed shares this common theme, focusing on labor in relation to this overarching system.
Globalization