This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of …- and low-income countries. The growth of contemporary retail has been driven by the commercialised production of many goods … middle-income economies, using a 'cheap' feminised labour force to produce low-price goods. As women have been drawn into the …

This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of …- and low-income countries. The growth of contemporary retail has been driven by the commercialised production of many goods … middle-income economies, using a 'cheap' feminised labour force to produce low-price goods. As women have been drawn into the …

Introduction: Policies for All Seasons: The Post-Cold War Era -- Part I Inequality -- Income Inequality and … Effectiveness in Redistribution -- Changing Perspectives on Inequality and Development -- Income Inequality and Labour -- Unions and … Wage Inequality -- Economic Transformation and the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China -- The Geography of Poverty …