Maquila
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 198
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Author: Juan Perez Sainz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-19
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0429968868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents an analysis of contemporary Central American from a social perspective and, more specifically, from that of one of its main components: the world of labor. Despite undeniable changes, this world is still made up of three basic logics. Labor markets reflect an inability to generate sufficient employment. Labor relations remain precarious. And labor subjects and actors solid enough for their voice to be heard have not managed to establish themselves. The result is that the world of labor in Central America is still marked by vulnerability. }The oligarchic crises in Central America has provoked a variety of responses at different levels during the last decades. The development of new agroexports in the 1950s, the import substitution industrialization of the 1960s, and the current opening up of trade along with the development of new tradables sectors under the influence of globalization, represent attempts to modernize the regions economies. The same has occurred at the political level with the current democratization processes that have meant competitive elections taking place in all the countries. It is at the social level that responses have been most weak and levels of poverty remain extremely high. This book presents an analysis of contemporary Central American history from a social perspective and, more specifically, from that of one of its main components: the world of labor. Despite undeniable changes, this world is still made up of three basic logics. Labor markets reflect an inability to generate sufficient employment. Labor relations remain precarious. And labor subjects and actors solid enough for their voice to be heard have not managed to establish themselves. The result is that the world of labor in Central America is still marked by vulnerability. }
Author: Norma Iglesias Prieto
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-07-05
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0292788681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this beautifully written book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work in the assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. A descriptive analytic study conducted in the late 1970s, the book uses compelling testimonials to detail the struggles these women face. The experiences of women in maquiladoras are attracting increasing attention from scholars, especially in the context of ongoing Mexican migration to the country's northern frontier and in light of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This book is among the earliest accounts of the physical and psychological toll exacted from the women who labor in these plants. Iglesias Prieto captures the idioms of these working women so that they emerge as dynamic individuals, young and articulate personalities, inexorably engaged in the daily struggle to change the fundamental conditions of their exploitation.
Author: Per Strömberg
Publisher: Santiago, Chile : CEPAL=ECLAC
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ellwyn R. Stoddard
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leslie Sklair
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-08-21
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 113685665X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1989, this book focuses upon the phenomenon of export-led industrialisation fuelled by foreign investment and technology. He concentrates on Mexico, where US companies have been taking advantage of inexpensive labour to establish "maquila" factories that assemble US parts for export. Through this detailed study of the maquila industry, Sklair charts the progress from the political imperialism of colonial days to the economic imperialism of today.
Author: Lee Bensted
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward J. Williams
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 72
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Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780925613080
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