In the Name of Growth—Fiji: A Story of Fisheries Development, Indigenous Women and Politics

Under the strict conditions imposed by the company's Fijian management, today's cannery workers have a target of cleaning 30 fish per hour, and a pay rate of F$1.65 per hour. The external pressures that prompt local free-market reforms-structural adjustment, globalization, and internationa...

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Published in:The Contemporary Pacific 2002-09, Vol.14 (2), p.527-529
Main Author: HARRINGTON, CHRISTY
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Book and Media Reviews
Earnings
Employment
Factories
Fisheries
Native rights
Politics
Video recording reviews
Wages & salaries
Women
Workers
Working conditions
Working mothers
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Summary:Under the strict conditions imposed by the company's Fijian management, today's cannery workers have a target of cleaning 30 fish per hour, and a pay rate of F$1.65 per hour. The external pressures that prompt local free-market reforms-structural adjustment, globalization, and international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund-do not receive specific mention in the film. [...]In the Name of Growth clearly adds to the evidence that a radical rethinking of structural adjustment and free-market policies is needed to give people's well-being primacy over considerations of growth in economic policy.
ISSN:1043-898X
1527-9464
1527-9464
DOI:10.1353/cp.2002.0048