Year 2020 – Volume 12 – Issue 1
A Paradox of Women’s Employment and Empowerment in Flexible Capitalism
Ahmet Yenertürk2022-08-08T02:47:16+03:00Birincil Dil: Türkçe Konu: Kadın Araştırmaları Araştırma Bölümü: Araştırma Makaleleri Yazar/lar: Miki Suzuki HİM ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ 0000-0002-1426-8695 Türkiye Tarih: June 1, 2020 This paper discusses a paradoxical implication of employment for women’s empowerment in flexible capitalism. Export-oriented factories employ women from the poorer sections of a society and their earnings make substantial contribution to poverty reduction at a household level. However, an implication of wage work for women’s empowerment is contentious. Many socialist feminist critics highlight exploitative aspects of export-oriented industries. The micro-level studies point out women’s empowering experiences through employment in [...]