![]() ![]() Mies argues convincingly that this accumulation of capital has been, and continues to be dependent on the exploitation of women. This resulted in cheaper goods being sold to the West, increasing consumption, thus mobilising greater consumerism of the West. In the post-colonial era, international companies have rapidly moved their production of goods to make use of the cheaper, easier to manipulate labour of developing countries, thus lowering production costs. ![]() The world continued to be divided between producers in the developing countries providing goods for the consumption of the West. Global capitalism took over from the colonial history. One would have hoped that overthrowing colonialism and gaining independence would have changed this paradigm for developing countries. In Chapter Four, ‘Housewifization International: Women and the New International Division of Labour’ Mies examines how this process has continued in the post-colonial era. ![]()
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