Towards Better Work [electronic resource] : Understanding Labour in Apparel Global Value Chains /
Rossi, A.editor.
Luinstra, A.editor.
Pickles, J.editor.
Globalization of production has created opportunities and challenges for developing country producers and workers. This volume provides solutions-oriented approaches for promoting improved working conditions and labour rights in the apparel industry.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Preface; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; 1 Re-embedding the Market: Global Apparel Value Chains, Governance and Decent Work; 2 Economic and Social Upgrading of Developing Countries in the Global Apparel Sector: Insights from Using a Parsimonious Measurement Approach; 3 How 'Fair' Are Wage Practices along the Supply Chain? A Global Assessment; 4 Regulating the 'Wage Effort Bargain' in Outsourced Apparel Production: Towards a Model; Part II
5 What Does 'Fast Fashion' Mean for Workers? Apparel Production in Morocco and Romania6 Voting with Their Feet? Explaining High Turnover and Low Productivity in the Lao Garment Sector; 7 Vulnerable Workers and Labour Standards (Non-)Compliance in Global Production Networks: Home-Based Child Labour in Delhi's Garment Sector; 8 Workers' Perceptions of Compliance with Labour Standards: Assessing Opportunities and Challenges for Better Work in Lesotho's Apparel Sector; 9 Workers' Agency and Power Relations in Cambodia's Garment Industry
10 Factory Decisions to Become Noncompliant with Labour Standards: Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia11 Towards Better Work in Central America: Nicaragua and the CAFTA context; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Globalization of production has created opportunities and challenges for developing country producers and workers. This volume provides solutions-oriented approaches for promoting improved working conditions and labour rights in the apparel industry.
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