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Author:   Barbara Paleczny
Publisher:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Imprint:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Volume:   v. 6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780889203402

ISBN 10:   0889203407
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   30 November 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Clothed in Integrity: Weaving Just Cultural Relations and the Garment Industry by Barbara Paleczny Acknowledgements Preface Serious Implications for Faith Communities My Entry into the Problem Perspective and Purpose Time Frame Method Importance of Images and Symbols Assumptions and Horizons Stories Notes Part I: Identifying Relations of Ruling and Solidarity 1. Present Conditions of Garment Homeworking in Toronto: The Microeconomics of a Low-Wage Strategy A Story of Exploitation Exposing Some Myths Protection of Homeworkers in Multiple Sectors Conclusion Notes 2. The Macroeconomics of Garment Homeworking: Homework in Its Historical Context Homeworking in the Context of Expanding Capitalism Conclusion Notes 3. The Macroeconomics of Garment Homeworking: The International Web of Production and Feminist Analysis of the Relations of Ruling The International Web of Production in the Garment Industry Feminist Analysis of the Relations of Ruling in the Garment Industry Conclusion Notes 4. Transforming the Local Situation in Its Global Context Fair Wages and Working Conditions for Homeworkers' Coalition Campaign in Ontario Core Issues Arising from Praxis ILGWU Initiatives and Challenges Webs of Solidarity Worldwide Relations of Solidarity Conclusion Transition to Part II Notes Part II: Constructing Feminist Socio-economic Ethics as Transformative Theology 5. Horizon, Bias and Specificity/Difference Analysis Related to Homeworking Horizon and Feminist Analysis Forms of Bias and the Obstruction of Transformation Specificity and Difference Conclusion Notes 6. Home Outside the Public Eye The Myth of Women's Place and Market Strategies Social Construction of Gender and """"Race"""" Relations Implications for Socio-political Organization Some Foundational Elements of a Framework to Restructure Society Further Construction of an Integrative Framework Conclusion Notes 7. Discerning Elements for Socio-economic Ethics A Radical, Global Task Values as the Foundation for Alternate Choices Difference and Specificity as a Gift of God An Ethics of Integrity and Truth Relating Ethical Imperatives and Economic Possibilities Conclusion: Ethics, Sin and Grace Notes Conclusion Conclusion Location of Ethical Discourse and Norms of Justice Making Difference and Specificity Analysis Intrinsic to Theological Praxis Constructing Domestic Just Relations Global Relations of Solidarity to Counteract Global Relations of Injustice Integrating Images and Social Factors in Theological Endeavour Notes Bibliography Index"

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Barbara Paleczny is coordinator for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation for the School Sisters of Notre Dame (Dallas province) and an activist in roganizations concerned with social justice.

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