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This text explores the impact of information and communications
technologies on the changing economic relationship between Europe
and the Developing World, in the context of telematics-related
trade, work organization and distance education. The contributors
elucidate the reasons why the phenomenon of globalization need not
be a battleground of competing nations. The essays written by
researchers and practitioners, from the European Union and
Developing Countries, identify the areas where policy interventions
could lead to "co-operative competition" between the EU and the
developing world. The book contains empirical data and should be of
particular interest to scholars and policymakers engaged with the
questions of spatial division of labour, emerging trading links,
information processing work, the "brain-drain" and tele-education.
This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women's
employment and on the nature of women's work in the Third World.
The challenges women face in less affluent communities in adjusting
to new technologies are discussed along with their responses and
organizing strategies. Contributors outline the roles that family,
ideology, state policies and trade union structures can play in
distributing information on technology-related employment between
women and men. The differences in the interests and needs of
different groups of women are highlighted, challenging the concept
of a monolithic, specifically feminine vision of technology and
science. A critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism is also
provided. In looking at the impact of information technology on the
working lives of women in the Third World, this volume lays a
foundation for further debate and research in this area.
Series Information: UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
"Dignity and Daily Bread" compares the lives of women in the First
and Third worlds and examines how women have organized forms of
production themselves. Covering a wide range of issues and areas,
from cotton production in Bombay, conditions in Mexico and in some
of the Far East economies, the contributors begin to break down
some of the ideological barriers that colonialism and racism build
among women. The immediacy of the accounts highlights women's
conditions in very different patriarchal societies.
"Dignity and Daily Bread" compares the lives of women in the First
and Third worlds and examines how women have organized forms of
production themselves. Covering a wide range of issues and areas,
from cotton production in Bombay, conditions in Mexico and in some
of the Far East economies, the contributors begin to break down
some of the ideological barriers that colonialism and racism build
among women. The immediacy of the accounts highlights women's
conditions in very different patriarchal societies.
Drawing on the experiences of four major EC countries, this book
documents the way computer technology has changed the pattern of
women's work in the manufacturing sector. The sixteen contributors
are leading authorities on the subject and analyse how technology
has transformed employment in the clothing industry, which is still
the major employer of female blue-collar workers in the EC. The
contributors assess the aspects of computerisation that
particularly affect women's employment opportuni- ties: flexible
hours, flexible work locations and flexible specialisation. The
book also contains evaluations of post-Fordism and human-centred
technology, two leading issues in the debate about the applications
of artificial intelligence and computer-aided technology. These
essays highlight a growing polarisation in the job market and
suggest training schemes which can equip women for technical and
managerial employment. This is a pioneering work; so far, most of
the literature on women and computerisation has focussed on office
automation and data processing. Computer-aided Manufacturing and
Women's Employment makes an important contribution to the fields of
technology, employment, women's work, business management and trade
union studies.
Focusing on the European telecommunications sector, which holds a
vital strategic position in an economy that relies on
information-processing activities, this book highlights the largely
untapped skills and potential contribution women employees can make
to total quality programmes. It explains how the principle of
equality-driven total quality can be extended to encompass the full
diversity of a workforce, and how the principles involved can be
applied to other industrial sectors.
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