Female Employment in Public Sector as % of Total World Bank (2004) Unlocking the Employment page Potential in the MENA blocked Okten (i) Fordism: (e.g. River Rouge plant) Giant manufacturing plants, low-skilled workers, single products for undifferentiated world markets. (p.271). 1970s: Fordism was too slow, uncompetitive. Need greater flexibility. There was a breaking down of the production process into many steps, which could take place at many locations. Most important country was and Japan. ‘lean production’ ‘flexible specialization.’ Subcontracting/outsourcing [commodity chains]. At the bottom of the hierarchy are family producers typically – women, especially with kids. women, particularly those with children, consider casual “Married jobs homeworking to be opportunities that “family-friendly” economic are compatible with their social roles.” (p.278) Okten (ii) Basic thesis: Post-Fordist organization brings new paradigms, and a restructuring of labor markets. The female role in Islamic society, as modeled in accordance with Political Islam, is quite compatible with the differentiated labor market structure of Post-Fordism. The role perception espoused by Political Islam provides the ideological basis for the supply of cheap labor.
Female Employment in Public Sector as % of Total World Bank (2004) Unlocking the Employment Potential in the MENA page blocked Okten (i) Fordism: (e.g. River Rouge plant) Giant manufacturing plants, low-skilled workers, single products for undifferentiated world markets. (p.271). 1970s: Fordism was too slow, uncompetitive. Need greater flexibility. There was a breaking down of the production process into many steps, which could take place at many locations. Most important country was Japan. ‘lean production’ and ‘flexible specialization.’ Subcontracting/outsourcing [commodity chains]. At the bottom of the hierarchy are family producers – typically women, especially with kids. “Married women, particularly those with children, consider casual jobs homeworking to be “family-friendly” economic opportunities that are compatible with their social roles.” (p.278) Okten (ii) Basic thesis: Post-Fordist organization brings new paradigms, and a restructuring of labor markets. The female role in Islamic society, as modeled in accordance with Political Islam, is quite compatible with the differentiated labor market structure of Post-Fordism. The role perception espoused by Political Islam provides the ideological basis for the supply of cheap labor.