Neoliberalism, Social Exclusion, and Social Movements critically examines struggles for social justice in an era of neoliberal globalization. Its framework makes significant connections between debt restructuring, privatizations, free-market policies, and grassroots efforts to create...

This volume examines how gender shapes the varying and intersecting dynamics of informal/precarious worker struggles in two gender-typed sectors - domestic work and construction. Drawing upon cases across the global North and South, it explores how gender is intertwined into collective...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Transborder and Transnational Dimensions of Culture and Political Economy -- 2. Confianza: Building Block of Social Exchange and the Operational Cycles of ROSCAs -- 3. Social and Cultural Dimensions and...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Labor and Global Capitalism in North America, 1850-1970 -- 2. The Politics of Mexican Labor and Economic Development in Crisis -- 3. Mexican Labor and Workers' Rights under NAFTA and NAALC -- 4. Labor Mobility and...

Intro -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. American Factories in Mexico -- 2. The Border City of Nogales -- 3. House to House: The Method of Analysis -- 4. The History of the Maquila Industry -- 5. Are the Maquilas Sweatshops? --...