Women rule? Globalization and the feminization of managerial and professional workspaces in the Caribbean

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-27

  Mullings, Beverley ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; GENDER RELATIONS; GLOBALIZATION; PATRIARCHY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 19144365651     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690500082745     Document Type: Article

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