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Format: 1 online resource (200 p.)

ISBN: 9780271058894

Content: Despite constitutions that enshrine equality, until recently every state in Latin America permitted longer working hours (in some cases more than double the hours) and lower benefits for domestic workers than other workers. This has, in effect, subsidized a cheap labor force for middle- and upper-class families and enabled well-to-do women to enter professional labor markets without having to negotiate household and care work with their male partners. While elite resistance to reform has been widespread, during the past fifteen years a handful of countries have instituted equal rights. In Care Work and Class, Merike Blofield examines how domestic workers’ mobilization, strategic alliances, and political windows of opportunity, mostly linked to left-wing executive and legislative allies, can lead to improved rights even in a region as unequal as Latin America. Blofield also examines the conditions that lead to better enforcement of rights.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Tables -- , Preface and Acknowledgments -- , Acronyms -- , Introduction -- , 1 Domestic Workers in Latin America Today -- , 2 Overcoming Elite Resistance -- , 3 Working in Chronic Informality -- , 4 Bolivia and Costa Rica Social Mobilization and Reform from the Bottom Up -- , 5 Uruguay and Chile Basic Universalism Versus Top-Down Incrementalism -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780271058894

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271058894

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271058894

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Format: 1 online resource (199 p.)

ISBN: 9780271058894 , 0-271-05554-5 , 0-271-05895-1 , 0-271-05889-7 , 0-271-05391-7

Content: "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.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , 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. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-271-05327-5

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780271058894