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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figure and tables -- Preface -- 1 Women and men entrepreneurs: life strategies, business strategies -- 2 Female petty entrepreneurs and their multiple roles -- 3 Rural women -- 4 The minerva matrix women entrepreneurs: their perception of their management style -- 5 Women entrepreneurs and the granting of business credit -- 6 Male and female entrepreneurs and their businesses: a comparative study -- 7 Business start-up training: the gender dimension -- 8 Not just for pin money: a case study of the West Midlands Clothing Business Start-Up Project -- 9 Good practice in business advice and counselling -- 10 Women's business in Europe: EEC initiatives -- 11 Female business ownership: current research and possibilities for the future -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index

This paper deals with homeworking as a form of labout organization within the capitalist production process and relates it to the segregated labour market and the sexual divisioii of labour ill households. It reviews the various attempts in Britain to legislate reform in the wages and conditions of homeworking and discusses the attitudes of trade unions towards homework and policies towards organizatioln; parallels are drawn with other forms of casualized labour. Evidence from research into homeworkers' attitudes and experience of trade unionism is analysed in terms of the ambiguities and contradictions of waged working in the home.

SUMMARY This article explores some aspects of the widespread, though largely invisible, labour of people (mainly women) working for wages in their own homes. It is argued that this labour is an essential part of capitalist production, providing a flexible and cheap form of labour for a wide range of manufacturing industry. Its continued existence is not explicable by the characteristics of the workers, though some are relevant to understanding the low level of wages imposed on a fragmented and completely unprotected labour force.RESUME Des fils invisiblesCet article explore certains aspects du travail à domicile (le plus souvent féminin), phénomène très répandu mais pratiquement invisible. L'auteur soutient qu'il constitue une part essentielle de la production capitaliste, four n issant une main‐d'oeuvre adaptable et bon marché à de nombreuses industries manufacturières. Sa persistance ne s'explique pas par les caractéristiques des travailleurs, bien que certaines permettent de comprendre le faible niveau des salaires imposés à une force de travail fragmentée et sans protection aucune.RESUMEN Hilos invisiblesEn este artículo se exploran algunos aspectos del extendido, aunque en gran parte invisible, trabajo de gente (principalmente mujeres) que trabajan a jornal en sus propios hogares. Se alega que este trabajo es una parte fundamental de la producción capitalista y provee una forma flexible y barata de mano de obra para una amplia gama de la industria manufacturera. Su continuada existencia no se puede explicar por medio de las características de los trabajadores, aunque algunas permiten comprender el bajo nivel de salarios impuesto en una mano de obra fragmentaria y completamente desprovista de protección.