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Getting by: Women Homeworkers and Rural Economic Development (Rural America) - Hardcover

Gringeri, Christina E.

 
9780700606405: Getting by: Women Homeworkers and Rural Economic Development (Rural America)

Synopsis

Gringeri (social work, U. of Utah) investigates the effect of homeworking on women workers and their families and explores the role of the state in subsidizing the development of homeworking jobs that depend on gender as an organizing principle. She focuses on two Midwestern communities where some 80 families since 1986 have worked as home-based contractors of small auto parts for The Middle Company, a subcontractor of General Motors. Gringeri shows that the disadvantages of homework for women outweigh the advantages. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Christina E. Gringeri is assistant professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Utah.

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