| Summary: | xiii, 103 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. === NAFTA has had a significant impact on production, exchange, and labor
throughout North America. An area significantly transformed by NAFTA is the
maquiladora production region in northern Mexico. While once predominantly a female
space of labor, we now see more male workers employed by industrial units there than in
the past.
This thesis interrogates what has happened to the women workers of the
maquiladoras. In what ways have NAFTA, global economic restructuring, and the
resultant legal atmosphere affected women's daily lives and employment opportunities?
What strategies of resistance have these women developed to contend with the new
economic landscape? I argue that women are adapting by moving away from the U.S.-
Mexico border to work in garment industries and resisting the economic and social pressures resulting from globalization by engaging in subtle protests within in the
maquiladoras, opting to participate in the informal economy, and utilizing community
groups to facilitate social change. === Committee in Charge:
Dr. Anita M. Weiss, Chair;
Professor Ibrahim Gassama;
Professor Marcela Mendoza
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