Beyond Upgrading: Gendered Labor and the Restructuring of Firms in the Dominican Republic

Economic Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 403-422

  Werner, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; Garment and textile; Gender; Global commodity chains; Global production networks; Industrial restructuring; Labor

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ROLE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; LABOR SUPPLY; SKILLED LABOR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 84866175306     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2012.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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