All Change? Men, Women and Reproductive Work in the Global Economy

@article{Pearson2000AllCM,
  title={All Change? Men, Women and Reproductive Work in the Global Economy},
  author={Ruth Pearson},
  journal={The European Journal of Development Research},
  year={2000},
  volume={12},
  pages={219-237},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:153869428}
}
  • R. Pearson
  • Published 1 December 2000
  • Sociology
  • The European Journal of Development Research
Gender analysis of globalisation has focused exclusively on women and production – that is the impact of changes in the global economy on women's labour force participation. There is little analysis… 
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