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Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing. Teri Caraway, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2007. 224pp. ISBN 978 0 8014 7365 4. Price, $18.95(pbk) $55.00 (hbk)

Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing. Teri Caraway, Ithaca and London:... BO OK REVIEWS REFERENCE Rodrik, Dani. 2007. One Economics: Many Recipes – Globalizations, Institutions, and Economic Growth. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing,byTeriCaraway. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007. 224pp. ISBN-13: ISBN: 978-0-80144- 548-4 (hbk.). US$55.00/ISBN-13: 978-0-80147-365-4 (pbk.). US$18.95. This important book draws upon extensive case-study research conducted in Indonesia to uncover the dynamics through which labor force feminization takes place in states undergoing export-led economic transformations. The argument in the book challenges the scholarship on labor-force feminiza- tion that has portrayed the increase in female employment as states embark on strategies of export-oriented industrialization as an inevitable outcome. Caraway asks that we dig much deeper to expose the mechanisms through which feminization takes place. Why, for example, do some export sectors remain male dominated? What is the role of state policy-making and/or the role of trade unions in creating the context within which labor-force feminization takes place? How is it that certain jobs come to be branded (or even re-branded) as ‘‘female’’ and others do not? Given its focus on workplace gender relations in Indonesia, the book will appeal to feminist scholars working in areas such as labor studies, development studies, and political http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Feminist Economics Taylor & Francis

Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing. Teri Caraway, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2007. 224pp. ISBN 978 0 8014 7365 4. Price, $18.95(pbk) $55.00 (hbk)

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Feminist Economics , Volume 15 (2): 4 – Apr 1, 2009
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BO OK REVIEWS REFERENCE Rodrik, Dani. 2007. One Economics: Many Recipes – Globalizations, Institutions, and Economic Growth. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing,byTeriCaraway. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007. 224pp. ISBN-13: ISBN: 978-0-80144- 548-4 (hbk.). US$55.00/ISBN-13: 978-0-80147-365-4 (pbk.). US$18.95. This important book draws upon extensive case-study research conducted in Indonesia to uncover the dynamics through which labor force feminization takes place in states undergoing export-led economic transformations. The argument in the book challenges the scholarship on labor-force feminiza- tion that has portrayed the increase in female employment as states embark on strategies of export-oriented industrialization as an inevitable outcome. Caraway asks that we dig much deeper to expose the mechanisms through which feminization takes place. Why, for example, do some export sectors remain male dominated? What is the role of state policy-making and/or the role of trade unions in creating the context within which labor-force feminization takes place? How is it that certain jobs come to be branded (or even re-branded) as ‘‘female’’ and others do not? Given its focus on workplace gender relations in Indonesia, the book will appeal to feminist scholars working in areas such as labor studies, development studies, and political

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