Title Care work and class : domestic workers' struggle for equal rights in Latin America / Merike Blofield

Published University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 185 pages) Contents Preface and acknowledgments -- List of acronyms -- Introduction -- Domestic workers in Latin America today -- Overcoming elite resistance -- Working in chronic informality -- Bolivia and Costa Rica : social mobilization and reform from the bottom up -- Uruguay and Chile : basic universalism versus top-down incrementalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index Summary "Examines the movement for labor reform among domestic workers in Latin America. Explores how domestic workers' mobilization, strategic alliances, and political windows of opportunity can lead to improved rights"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Household employees -- Latin America -- Social conditions Social classes -- Latin America Equality -- Latin America Industrial relations -- Latin America Labor movement -- Latin America -- History -- 21st century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Knowledge Capital. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Equality Household employees -- Social conditions Industrial relations Labor movement Social classes Latin America Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780271058894 0271058897 9780271055541 0271055545 0271058951 9780271058955

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