Investigating the impact of globalisation on women workers, the author
demystifies the phenomenon of globalisation, offering an overview of its prime
drivers, processes and forces. Four sectoral studies of women workers are
provided: two on factory women in garment exports and electronics; the third on
home-based workers in a range of manufacturing processes and industries and the
fourth on middle class women working in Information Technology Enabled Services
(ITES). Offering an analysis of the effects of the changed policy paradigms on
women workers, of global sectoral trends and their ramifications, and cutting
through the hype on India's growth statistics, the author makes a valuable
contribution to the reality