Untangling multiple inequalities: intersectionality, work and globalisation

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Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

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Untangling multiple inequalities: intersectionality, work and globalisation

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Author(s): Natalia Rocha Lawton , Moira Calveley , Cynthia Forson

Publication date (Print): Winter 2015

Journal: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

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This article begins by outlining the position of women and work in the Global South, highlighting the precarity of their labour market participation. It then argues that the experiences of these women are often examined within a one-dimensional analytical framework and are therefore invisible in the intersectional literature, which tends to take a Western-centric approach. It also contends that existing research fails to consider the particular domestic and cultural circumstances of the women so examined and how their location in these spaces impacts on their experiences of work. It then argues for an examination of women and work in the Global South that takes an intersectional approach that recognises the complexity of their experiences as generated by multi-categorical and multilevel strands of inequality. It goes on to introduce the contributions to this special issue, which explore inequality through an intersectional lens.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.13169

Journal ID (publisher-id): workorgalaboglob

Title: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 1745641X

ISSN (Electronic): 17456428

Publication date (Print): Winter 2015

Volume: 9

Issue: 2

Pages: 7-13

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DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.9.2.0007

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Sociology,Labor law,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics

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[1] Acker, J. (2012) ‘Gendered organizations and intersectionality: Problems and possibilities’, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal , 31 (3):214–24.

[2] Carasathis, A. (2014) ‘The concept of intersectionality in feminist theory’, Philosophy Compass , 9 (5):304–14.

[3] Crenshaw, K. (1989) ‘Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics’, The University of Chicago Legal Forum , 140:139–67.

[4] Crenshaw, K. (1991) ‘Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color’, Stanford Law Review , 43 (6):1241–99.

[5] Faiz, R. (2015) ‘Work-family conflict: A case study of women in Pakistani banks’ (Unpublished PhD dissertation). Accessed September, 30, 2015 from https://uhra.herts.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/2299/16037/10289054%20Faiz%20Rafia%20-%20final%20submission.pdf?sequence=1.

[6] Garry, A. (2011) ‘Intersectionality, methaphors and multiplicity of gender’, Hypatia , 26 (4):826–50.

[7] Gottfried, H. (1998) ‘Beyond patriarchy? Theorising gender and class’, Sociology , 32 (3):451–68.

[8] Hancock, A. (2007) ‘When multiplication doesn't equal quick addition: Examining intersectionality as a research paradigm’, Perspectives on Politics , 5 (1):63–79.

[9] Hancock, P. (2008) ‘The utility of qualitative research: A study of gender empowerment in Sri Lanka’ in P.J. Maginn, S.M. Thompson & M. Tonts (eds) Qualitative Urban Analysis: An International Perspective. Studies in Qualitative Methodology , Oxford: Elsevier:177–96.

[10] Hill, P. (1990) Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment , London: Routledge.

[11] Hill, P. (2005) Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism , London and New York: Routledge.

[12] Jayaweera, S. (2002) ‘Fifty years since political independence: An overview’ in S. Jayaweera (ed.) Women in Post Independence Sri Lanka , New Delhi: Sage:15–40.

[13] Knudsen, S. (2005) ‘Intersectionality – A theoretical inspiration in the analysis of minority cultures and identities in textbooks’. Accessed April, 8, 2014 from http://www.caen.iufm.fr/colloque_iartem/pdf/knudsen.pdf.

[14] McCall, L. (2005) ‘The complexity of intersectionality’, Journal of Women in Culture and Society , 30 (3):1771–1800.

[15] Mohanty, C.T. (1986) ‘Under Western eyes: Feminist scholarship and colonial discourses’, Boundary , 2:333–58.

[16] Mohanty, C.T. (2003a) Feminism without Borders. Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity , Durham: Duke University Press.

[17] Mohanty, C.T. (2003b) ‘“Under Western eyes” revisited: Feminist solidarity through anticapitalist struggles’, Signs , 2:499–535.

[18] Oxfam (2004) Trading Away Our Rights: Women Working in Global Supply Chains , Oxford: Oxfam International.

[19] Piper, N. (2003) ‘Feminization of labour migration as violence against women’, Violence Against Women , 9 (6):723–45.

[20] Pollert, A. (1996) ‘Gender and Class revisited: Or the poverty of “Patriarchy”’, Sociology , 30 (4):639–59.

[21] Pollert, A., J. Flecker & P. Meil (1998) ‘The sexual division of labour in process manufacturing: Economic restructuring, training and “Women's Work”’, European Journal of Industrial Relations , 4 (1):7–34.

[22] Tatli, A. & M.F. Özbilgin (2012) ‘An emic approach to intersectional study of diversity at work: A Bourdieuan framing’, International Journal of Management Reviews , 14:180–200.