Women and immigrants also regulate the reserve army of labor besides race

Evidence

Yet it is clear that blacks are not the only division within the “reserve army”: hence race is not the only mechanism through which its size and composition is regulated. In the United States, both white immigrants (e.g., European and Central American) and women, and in Britain, both women and the Irish have provided a significant alternative element (see Braverman 1975; Castles and Kosack 1973). — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 636

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to Braverman’s labor process theory and to the ‘reserve army of labor’ concept from Marx’s Capital.