[PDF.42dw] We Are in This Dance Together: Gender, Power, and Globalization at a Mexican Garment Firm

Changes in the global economy have real and contradictory outcomes for the everyday lives of women workers. In 2001, Nancy Plankey-Videla had a rare opportunity to witness these effects firsthand. Having secured access to one of Latin America's top producers of high-end men's suits in Mexico for participant-observer research, she labored as a machine operator for nine months on a shop floor made up, mostly, of women. The firm had recently transformed itsel...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.We Are in This Dance Together: Gender, Power, and Globalization at a Mexican Garment Firm   |  Professor Nancy Plankey-Videla.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.