Thesis (D.Min.)--South Florida Center for Theological Studies, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-140).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 248-256).

There have been major changes taking place in export horticulture over time that have been compounded by the recent economic crisis. Women and men have been affected differently by these changes. Women have played a major role as waged and unwaged labour but have also been significantly affected by these shifts. Although we know about the effects of the supermarket-led global production network (GPN) expansion on gender relations existing literature does not explore theoretically and empirically the gender implications of changing production networks. The thesis addresses this research gap by investigating the shifting role of women in the table (fresh) grape GPN from the town of Archanes in Crete, Greece to the European market and the implications for women’s labour agency across three periods. Thus, it addresses the research question: How has the relationship between women’s waged and unwaged work in the table grape GPN shifted across periods and what are the implications for gender and GPN analysis? It investigates changes across: 1) the period of the producer-led export market; 2) the period of the buyer-led GPN expansion; and 3) the period of crisis. A qualitative case study approach is used, utilising primarily interviews, focus groups and participant observation. This research builds on the GPN, feminist political economy and intra-household bargaining literatures to further develop a Gendered Global Production Networks (Gendered GPN) approach. An evolving Gendered GPN approach combines the GPN approach with a concept of gendered societal embeddedness which captures the interaction between commercial drivers and gendered societal relations. The thesis draws from the intra-household bargaining literature to incorporate a household level analysis of labour bargaining and fall-back positions to ‘unpack’ the concept of women’s labour agency. The thesis finds that while in the period of the producer-led export market women were unskilled labour, the expansion of supermarkets in period 2 offered skills and economic opportunities, enabling them to bargain in crisis even as unwaged labour in table grapes. Hence labour agency becomes more important in shaping women’s position in production networks than in the producer-led export market. Ultimately the GPN was still able to get high quality at low costs through female labour. Therefore commercial pressures influence gendered societal relations but also gendered societal relations influence commercial transitions. The findings show complex and non-linear forms of change characterised by tensions between commercial and gendered societal relations in a process of transition underpinned by shifts in women’s work and agency. I capture this with the concept of ‘gendered societal transitions’. This helps to further develop a Gendered GPN approach to advance knowledge of non-linear gendered transformations as GPNs evolve.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-154).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-154).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-154).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:20:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ZeuPS.pdf: 1116050 bytes, checksum: c5e21c4a5d04fb39a2cb0f5b2bad7e15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-22 / This thesis is inserted on the discussion about the productive reframing and its reflexes concerning the world of work, in the current crisis stage in the capitalist way of production. This study deals with the impacts of outsourcing in relation to workers of companies subhired by Petrobras, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, since decade of 1990. It is demonstrated that outsourcing in the oil sector, used mainly as a way to reduce costs of production, contributed to the raising of precarious conditions and relations of work. The transformation to the way of organization in the production, has intensified with the outsourcing, represented to the companies a bigger gain in productivity and a better control over the workers. These changings, that reconfigure the profile of the oil work force, allowed, among other things, reduction in numbers of the effective workers in the table of employees of Petrobras, the raising of relation concercing instable works, the raising in numbers of young workers, with a little or none qualification, reduction in the salary pattern of the professional class, illegal withholdment of labourite rights and the raising of risks to the health and security of the workers / A presente tese se insere na discuss?o da reestrutura??o produtiva e os seus reflexos sobre o mundo do trabalho, no atual est?gio da crise do modo de produ??o capitalista. O estudo trata dos impactos da terceiriza??o em rela??o aos trabalhadores das empresas subcontratadas pela Petrobras, no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, a partir da d?cada de 1990. Demonstra-se que a terceiriza??o no setor de petr?leo, utilizada principalmente como meio de redu??o dos custos da produ??o, contribuiu para a crescente precariza??o das condi??es e das rela??es de trabalho. As transforma??es no modo de organiza??o da produ??o, intensificadas com a terceiriza??o, representaram para as empresas um maior ganho de produtividade e um maior controle sobre os trabalhadores. Essas mudan?as, que reconfiguraram o perfil da for?a de trabalho dos petroleiros, possibilitaram, entre outras coisas, a redu??o do n?mero de trabalhadores do quadro de pessoal efetivo da Petrobras, o crescimento de rela??es de trabalho inst?veis, o aumento do n?mero de trabalhadores jovens, com pouca ou sem nenhuma qualifica??o, a redu??o do padr?o salarial da categoria profissional, a sonega??o de direitos trabalhistas e o aumento dos riscos para a sa?de e a seguran?a dos trabalhadores

Orientador: Liliana Rolfsen Petrilli Segnini / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T02:03:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alves_MariaAparecida_D.pdf: 1994879 bytes, checksum: 38311b53ef3cc30621c54d6ad6b71fc0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: O objetivo de nossa pesquisa de doutorado é estudar as condições e relações de trabalho, vivenciadas pelos profissionais técnicos vinculados ao Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, no contexto das transformações que estão ocorrendo nas formas de organização e gestão do trabalho no campo das artes e espetáculos. Nesse sentido, buscaremos compreender questões como a necessidade ou não de formação profissional observadas nas trajetórias profissionais, bem como as condições nas quais esse trabalho se realiza e as relações de assalariamento estabelecidas. Esses trabalhadores fazem parte das equipes de apoio técnico que se inter-relacionam com os denominados corpos estáveis, músicos e bailarinos, na concretização das apresentações artísticas realizadas no Theatro Municipal. Essas equipes são compostas por profissionais das áreas de iluminação, cenotécnica, palco, maquinária, sonorização e guarda-roupa. O nosso estudo baseia-se em uma pesquisa qualitativa, privilegiando entrevistas abertas e em profundidade, e observação de campo. Também será incorporada uma breve análise da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD-IBGE), com dados referentes aos trabalhadores em atividades de apoio técnico às artes e espetáculos / Abstract: The objective of this doctorate thesis is to study the working conditions and work experience of the technical professionals associated with the Municipal Theater of São Paulo. More specifically, we examine the transformations that occur in organization and management vis-à-vis the performance arts. Thus, we will attempt to assess whether training is necessary for these professions as well as the conditions in which the work is done and the role played by the established remuneration. These workers are part of the technical support teams which works intimately with the core performers (musicians and ballet dancers) to bring about the artistic performances of the Municipal Theater. These teams consist of lighting, sound, stage and mechanical technicians as well as stage managers and costume professionals. Our study is based on a qualitative research, privileging open and in depth interviews and field observations. A short analysis of the National Research by Sample of Residences (PNAD-IBGE) will also be included, with facts regarding the activities of technical support crews for the performance arts / Doutorado / Educação, Sociedade, Politica e Cultura / Doutor em Educação

Diss. Linköping : Linköpings universitet, 2005.