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Politics, Work and Family: Gendered Forms of Mobilisation of Working-Class Women in Southern France.

In 2008, the Molex company announced the closure of its French site at Villemur-sur-Tarn. The 283 workers then began a long struggle to save their jobs but failed to prevent their redundancy. This article analyses the ways in which gender influences men's and women's capacity to resist when faced wi...

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Published in:Modern & Contemporary France Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 203 - 220
Main Authors: Oeser, Alexandra, Tourraille, Fanny
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2012
Subjects:
Southern France
France
Molex (Company)
Women
Social conditions of women
Working class women
Gender & society
Mass mobilization
Class differences
Plant shutdowns
Social history
Layoffs > Social aspects
Redundant employees
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