The Resource Achieving workers' rights in the global economy, edited by Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein, (electronic resource)
Achieving workers' rights in the global economy, edited by Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The world was shocked in April 2013 when more than 1,100 garment workers lost their lives in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka. It was the worst industrial tragedy in the two-hundred-year history of mass apparel manufacture. This so-called accident was, in fact, just waiting to happen, and not merely because of the corruption and exploitation of workers so common in the garment industry. In Achieving Workers'Rights in the Global Economy, Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein argue that such tragic events, as well as the low wages, poor working conditions, and voicelessness endemic to the vast majority of workers who labor in the export industries of the global South arise from the very nature of world trade and production.Given their enormous power to squeeze prices and wages, northern brands and retailers today occupy the commanding heights of global capitalism. Retail-dominated supply chains✹such as those with Walmart, Apple, and Nike at their heads✹generate at least half of all world trade and include hundreds of millions of workers at thousands of contract manufacturers from Shenzhen and Shanghai to Sao Paulo and San Pedro Sula.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- The Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord: a major step forward in achieving workers' rights?
- Self governance: the challenges and limitations of corporate social responsibility
- Governance of global production networks
- Prospects for workers' rights in China
- A way forward?
- Isbn
- 9781501703355
- Label
- Achieving workers' rights in the global economy
- Title
- Achieving workers' rights in the global economy
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The world was shocked in April 2013 when more than 1,100 garment workers lost their lives in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka. It was the worst industrial tragedy in the two-hundred-year history of mass apparel manufacture. This so-called accident was, in fact, just waiting to happen, and not merely because of the corruption and exploitation of workers so common in the garment industry. In Achieving Workers'Rights in the Global Economy, Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein argue that such tragic events, as well as the low wages, poor working conditions, and voicelessness endemic to the vast majority of workers who labor in the export industries of the global South arise from the very nature of world trade and production.Given their enormous power to squeeze prices and wages, northern brands and retailers today occupy the commanding heights of global capitalism. Retail-dominated supply chains✹such as those with Walmart, Apple, and Nike at their heads✹generate at least half of all world trade and include hundreds of millions of workers at thousands of contract manufacturers from Shenzhen and Shanghai to Sao Paulo and San Pedro Sula.--
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- Appelbaum, Richard P
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- index present
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- Lichtenstein, Nelson
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- Employee rights
- Labor and globalization
- Label
- Achieving workers' rights in the global economy, edited by Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- Contents
- The Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord: a major step forward in achieving workers' rights? -- Self governance: the challenges and limitations of corporate social responsibility -- Governance of global production networks -- Prospects for workers' rights in China -- A way forward?
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- ybp13011229
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- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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- 9781501703355
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- computer
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- rdamedia.
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- remote
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- (OCoLC)950738845
- Label
- Achieving workers' rights in the global economy, edited by Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- The Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord: a major step forward in achieving workers' rights? -- Self governance: the challenges and limitations of corporate social responsibility -- Governance of global production networks -- Prospects for workers' rights in China -- A way forward?
- Control code
- ybp13011229
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781501703355
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950738845
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