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New technologies, employment shifts and gender divisions within the textile industry
Author(s) -
Crewe Louise
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1991.tb00130.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , process (computing) , textile industry , textile , production (economics) , business , economic restructuring , labour economics , industrial organization , economic system , political science , economics , economic growth , computer science , geography , archaeology , finance , law , macroeconomics , operating system
This article examines the implications of the restructuring of the textile industry. In particular, the interlinked themes of technical change, employment restructuring and gender divisions are explored. The tensions which exist between production process and labour process transformations are considered, and a possible policy framework is offered.