Beyond the boycott
Subtitle: labor rights, human rights, and transnational activism
By: by Gay W. Seidman.
Series: American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780871547613
Subjects: Employee rights -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Labor movement -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Human rights monitoring -- Developing countries -- Case studies; International business enterprises -- Developing countries -- Management -- Case studies; Social responsibility of business -- Developing countries -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Labor rights, human rights, and transnational activism
Notes: A study of the impact of the Sullivan Code in South Africa, the Rugmark social labeling effort in the Indian handwoven carpet industry, and the COVERCO monitoring of the Guatemalan apparel industry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Citizens, markets, and transnational labor activism; title: Labor rights as human rights; title: Monitoring multinationals : lessons from the anti-apartheid era; title: Social labels, child labor, and monitoring in the Indian carpet industry; title: Constructing a culture of compliance in Guatemala; title: Citizenship at work.