Abstract
This article starts by outlining the complex relationship between the gender
division of labour in the household and the division of labour in waged work,
taking account of the social, technical and spatial dimensions of this global
division of labour and showing how this contradictary inter-relationship affects
both the different value of men's and women's labour and the different positions
that women and men occupy in the labour market. Whilst commodifi cation and
technological change have brought about shifts between work that is unpaid
and work that is paid, as well as between informal and formal employment,
gendered patterns continue to reassert themselves. It then goes on to introduce
the contributions to this journal issue which illustrate these changing patterns
and the questions they raise for future research.
division of labour in the household and the division of labour in waged work,
taking account of the social, technical and spatial dimensions of this global
division of labour and showing how this contradictary inter-relationship affects
both the different value of men's and women's labour and the different positions
that women and men occupy in the labour market. Whilst commodifi cation and
technological change have brought about shifts between work that is unpaid
and work that is paid, as well as between informal and formal employment,
gendered patterns continue to reassert themselves. It then goes on to introduce
the contributions to this journal issue which illustrate these changing patterns
and the questions they raise for future research.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-10 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Mar 2012 |