The word stratification comes from strata or layers, as in the way different rock are piled on top of one another to form rock strata. ... However, Marx goes further than explaining the concept of class by ownership and non-ownership, using the term "class" for both analytical and historical concepts (Crompton, 1998). ... Women make up a reserve army of labour, hired when the economy is booming, then freely made redundant later with the ideology suggesting that they have gone back to their "proper jobs", i.e. homemakers. ...

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For example, a car could be designed in Germany, the car's silicon chips made in South Korea and the assembly of larger electronic components done in Malaysia, mechanical parts made in Mexico, the main car assembly done in Eastern Europe and the marketing, distribution and retail responsibilities going back to Germany. ...

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According to Gibson-Graham, these examples illustrate that the post-development position that development need not come from a unidirectional path. ... However, using the overseas population, the indentured migrant workers who send back remittances – the Filipino overseas contract workers (OCWs) – have taken the lead in become stakeholders in the development of their native communities. ...

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