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Women's employment in garment factories in Bangladesh : emancipation or exploitation? (2009)
Thesis
Rahman, M. A. (2009). Women's employment in garment factories in Bangladesh : emancipation or exploitation?. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209844

Women's participation in export-oriented industries has been one of the most dominant features in many developing countries since the 1970s. Employment in waged jobs has often been viewed as a means of women's integration into development processes.... Read More about Women's employment in garment factories in Bangladesh : emancipation or exploitation?.

Naturalising distinctions: the contested field of environmental relations in Costa Rica (2009)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., & Clisby, S. (2009). Naturalising distinctions: the contested field of environmental relations in Costa Rica. Landscape research, 34(2), 171-187. doi:10.1080/01426390802390517

This paper draws on Bourdieu's notion of 'the field', a contested domain of relations of power, as a way to think about the social relations of environmentalism. More specifically, we suggest that talk about the environment and its protection is an i... Read More about Naturalising distinctions: the contested field of environmental relations in Costa Rica.