Gender And The Global Flower Market
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Gender And The Global Flower Market
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Author : Yvonne Underhill-Sem
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-03-14
Gender And The Global Flower Market written by Yvonne Underhill-Sem and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-14 with categories.
Feminizing the Floriculture Industry provides captivating insights into the gendered culture, politics and economics of flowers.What is the enduring appeal of flowers? What is behind the continued consumption of non edible flourishes of color, shape and scent? They come from plastic glasshouses in the water scarce economic south and are sold in chic stores and local supermarkets in the economic north. How can we understand the different ways in which the environment features for those who produce and those who enjoy the gift of flowers? This book addresses these questions building on the analysis of the global and local structure of the floriculture industry and its development impacts. Drawing on new empirical evidence from the Pacific, it pays close attention to the layered meaning of flowers in places where flowers are closely associated with embodied every day practices, especially of women.Situated within a renewed framework of feminist political ecology, by interrogating the ecological and cultural underpinnings of flowers, it moves beyond critique and towards envisioning alternative futures imbued with gendered environmental and indigenous knowledges.
Favored Flowers
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Author : Catherine Ziegler
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2007-07-10
Favored Flowers written by Catherine Ziegler and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-10 with Business & Economics categories.
DIVCultural history of the flower trade in New York City and the transformation of the cut-flower industry into a global commodity system./div
The Game Of The Rose
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Author : Niala Maharaj
language : en
Publisher: International Books
Release Date : 1995
The Game Of The Rose written by Niala Maharaj and has been published by International Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
The Dutch no longer rule supreme in the world flower market. Since the late eighties, developing countries such as Colombia and Kenya have seized a large - and growing - market share. The Game of the Rose is a report from the frontlines of this new War of the Roses (and Other Cut Flowers). Are Southern growers cornering the market? European growers fear their tropical competitors, and with reason. Yet they also do thriving business with growers in Africa, India and South America. The South pays highly for the services of Northern managers, crop specialists, marketing experts, for Northern plant material and for Northern equipment. Many of the African growers themselves are European. The developing countries furnish the flower trade with cheap labour, with scarce arable land and even scarcer water resources. They expose their populations to carelessly sprayed toxic pesticides. Who profits? The profits from the flower industry are highly uncertain - and are in any case being drained off to the North. Why, then, are Northern development consultants advising governments and entrepreneurs in the South to adopt such a risky and disadvantageous strategy?
New Consumer Culture In China
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Author : Xi Liu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-07-19
New Consumer Culture In China written by Xi Liu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-19 with Business & Economics categories.
This book looks at the recent emergence of "new ordinary consumption," in urban China and defines new ordinary consumption as a consumer practice in which people routinely integrate products and items, traditionally reserved for special occasions, into their daily lives, to accentuate their own well-being. The book, through the case study on the adoption of cut flowers and upscaling non-floral goods, provides insights on how deal proneness and high price sensitivity pose challenges to many market retailers. It also proposes how to go about resolving these challenging issues in retail through the alteration of perceived reasons to consume. The author also examined social media marketing narrative that two direct-to-consumer floral goods sellers used, to guide consumers away from the social and cultural baggage of consumption, thereby giving more consideration to products reshaping consumers’ motivation, and driving the purchase. Heeding the findings of floral startups that awakened consumers’ aspirations to redefine their everyday personal lives, and making such aspirations a profitable business, this interesting case study suggests that it is time to revisit the appeal of conspicuous consumption in the present-day Chinese markets. Anyone interested to learn more about the Chinese consumers and their novel consumption habits would find the book a useful reference.
Gender Food And Covid 19
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Author : Paige Castellanos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-01-13
Gender Food And Covid 19 written by Paige Castellanos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-13 with Business & Economics categories.
This book documents how COVID-19 impacts gender, agriculture, and food systems across the globe with on-the-ground accounts and personal reflections from scholars, practitioners, and community members. During the coronavirus pandemic with many people under lockdown, continual agricultural production and access to food remain essential. Women provide much of the formal and informal work in agriculture and food production, distribution, and preparation often under precarious conditions. A cadre of scholars and practitioners from across the globe provide their timely observations on these issues as well as more personal reflections on its impact on their lives and work. Four major themes emerge from these accounts and are interwoven throughout: the pervasiveness of food insecurity, the ubiquity of women’s care work, food justice, and policies and research that can that can result in a resilience that reimagines the future for greater gender and intersectional equality. We identify what lessons we can learn from this global pandemic about research and practices related to gender, food, and agricultural systems to strive for more equitable arrangements. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners working on gender and food and agriculture during this global pandemic and beyond. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
World Employment Report 2004 05
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Author : International Labour Organization
language : en
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Release Date : 1998
World Employment Report 2004 05 written by International Labour Organization and has been published by International Labour Organization this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Labor market categories.
The report looks closely at the interdependence of productivity, output and employment. It traces the main sources of productivity growth and pinpoints the principal influences affecting those sources such as technological change, organization and composition of the labour market. It provides a thorough definition of productivity and evaluates whether productivity growth alone is enough to eradicate poverty in the future. The implications for labour market policy around the world are examined. The World Employment Report 2004 is the fifth in a series of ILO reports that offer a global perspect.
Gender And Work In Global Value Chains
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Author : Stephanie Barrientos
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-23
Gender And Work In Global Value Chains written by Stephanie Barrientos and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-23 with Political Science categories.
This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the working lives of hundreds of millions of workers in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The growth of contemporary retail has been driven by the commercialised production of many goods previously produced unpaid by women within the home. Sourcing is now largely undertaken through global value chains in low- or middle-income economies, using a 'cheap' feminised labour force to produce low-price goods. As women have been drawn into the labour force, households are increasingly dependent on the purchase of food and consumer goods, blurring the boundaries between paid and unpaid work. This book examines how gendered patterns of work have changed and explores the extent to which global retail opens up new channels to leverage more gender-equitable gains in sourcing countries.
The Sociology Of Development Handbook
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Author : Gregory Hooks
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2016-09-06
The Sociology Of Development Handbook written by Gregory Hooks and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Social Science categories.
The Sociology of Development Handbook gathers essays that reflect the range of debates in development sociology and in the interdisciplinary study and practice of development. The essays address the pressing intellectual challenges of today, including internal and international migration, transformation of political regimes, globalization, changes in household and family formations, gender dynamics, technological change, population and economic growth, environmental sustainability, peace and war, and the production and reproduction of social and economic inequality.
Assembling Flowers And Cultivating Homes
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Author : Greta Friedemann-Sánchez
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2006-03-30
Assembling Flowers And Cultivating Homes written by Greta Friedemann-Sánchez and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-30 with Social Science categories.
Colombia is a major exporter of fresh-cut flowers. As in other global assembly line industries, women constitute a majority of Colombia's floriculture workforce. This ethnographic study explores the links between agro-industrial employment in the context of economic adjustment programs and the individual experience of employment and economic change at the household level. Author Greta Friedemann-Sánchez's challenges the current academic consensus that transnational assembly line industries reinforce patriarchal ideologies of reproduction and the exploitation of women. What from a global perspective may be perceived as exploitation can be seen from the local perspective as an opportunity within the community. Specifically, the study focuses on how the interrelated factors of formal employment, wage income, property ownership, social capital, and self-esteem articulate with women's resistance to male dominated households and domestic violence. Expertly combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, Assembling Flowers and Cultivating Homes contributes greatly to the study of gender and power, household economics and structure, and Latin American society.
Great Expectations
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language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Great Expectations written by and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Social Science categories.
As a result, there is little applicability internationally, even less interdisciplinary work, and at times, an outright bias against the market economy as such. The Commission Report, is even handed, tough minded, and frank in discussing how it is that social science and new social and technical forces do not always mesh. The optimism exuded is measured, but genuine. Great Expectations offers policy recommendations and scientific goals that can be serviceable not only in the United Kingdom, but in all advanced societies in which social research is a central component of economic stability and development. It is a superb reference volume enriched by original analysis and pungent, clear-headed writing. Members of the commission include: Professor David Rhind, Vice Chancellor of the City University served as Chairman of the Commission.