Globalization and Labor
Gender and Global Markets
Theories and Frameworks
Case studies in Labor Exploitation
Connections to Previous Units
100

This author argues that neoliberal globalization has strengthened social controls over employment in developing economies.

Alessandra Mezzadri

100

According to Barrientos, this process has both created opportunities and increased instability for women in the labor market.


Globalization of production

100

This field combines economic theories with gender analysis to explain exploitation in global capitalism.

Feminist economics

100

This case study location is known for exploiting local labor through a decentralized production model.

Delhi, India.

100

Barrientos' approach is similar to Norando's from Unit 1, who used this framework to understand women’s exploitation.

Patriarchal capitalism

200

The shift to decentralized production globally relies on this type of labor system in developing countries.

Informal Labor

200

Women bear both paid employment and these types of responsibilities, often resulting in labor inequality.

Domestic reproduction responsibilities

200

The full form of FIPE, FE, and FPED.

Feminist International Political Economy, Feminist Economics, and Feminist Political Economy of Development

200

Mezzadri's study of the clothing industry reveals that labor laws are often based on these types of practices.

Regional, unofficial practices

200

Both Barrientos and Escat's articles apply this type of framework to feminist research.

Intersectional framework

300

This system, according to Mezzadri, integrates traditional social hierarchies into global production chains.

Neo-liberal capitalism

300

This type of inequality framework is necessary to understand the complex interplay of gender and globalization.

Understanding of gender inequality

300

This ideology emphasizes the mechanisms needed to sustain life and labor under capitalism, especially from a gendered perspective.

Social reproduction theory

300

Barrientos highlights that women often work in these types of environments due to globalization, leading to limited labor protections.

Informal work environments

300

This Unit 2 author's article aligns with Barrientos' work by examining gender in the labor market.

Kuokkanen

400

Mezzadri's case study focuses on the clothing industry in this city.

Delhi

400

This term describes the increase of women in the global workforce, often in unstable roles.

Feminization of labor markets

400

Norando’s article from Unit 1 uses this term to describe a system where capitalism is intertwined with gendered exploitation.

Patriarchal capitalism

400

The reliance on cheap labor in the Global South by multinational companies is a form of this economic practice.

Labor exploitation

400

The idea of social reproduction as an economic analysis tool was introduced in Unit 1 by this author.

Bezanson

500

The pandemic highlighted the importance of this framework in understanding global capitalism's inequalities.

Social reproduction

500

Barrientos argues that labor and reproductive rights-focused policies are necessary for this goal in the global economy.

Gender equity

500

Mezzadri’s work relates to this Unit 1 author, who discussed the effect of existing social structures on labor markets.

Bezanson

500

The 2022 Mezzadri article emphasizes how neoliberalism has affected this type of work in the Global South.

Informal work

500

Each text discussed shares this common theme, focusing on labor in relation to this overarching system.

Globalization