Böcker av Naila Kabeer

Examines the constraints that confine women to poorly paid, irregular and casual work that falls outside any formal social security and protective legislation. This book shows how globalization has not in any way been beneficial to this marginalized group.

This work examines the biases which underpin mainstream development thought and accounts for the marginal status given to women's needs and interests in current development policy. It explores the central issue of population control and argues for the transformation of development institutions.

In this study, the author examines the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers to shed light on the question of what constitutes 'fair' competition, by comparing and contrasting the respective working practices of Bangladesh and Britain, with surprising and revealing results.