Garments Without Guilt


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Garments Without Guilt


Garments Without Guilt
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Author : Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-06-16

Garments Without Guilt written by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-16 with Business & Economics categories.


Explores how labour struggles in the post-1977 period in Sri Lanka provided important resistance to capitalist processes.



Unmaking The Global Sweatshop


Unmaking The Global Sweatshop
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Author : Rebecca Prentice
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2017-07-31

Unmaking The Global Sweatshop written by Rebecca Prentice and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-31 with Political Science categories.


The 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, an eight-story garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, killed over a thousand workers and injured hundreds more. This disaster exposed the brutal labor conditions of the global garment industry and revealed its failures as a competitive and self-regulating industry. Over the past thirty years, corporations have widely adopted labor codes on health and safety, yet too often in their working lives, garment workers across the globe encounter death, work-related injuries, and unhealthy factory environments. Disasters such as Rana Plaza notwithstanding, garment workers routinely work under conditions that not only escape public notice but also undermine workers' long-term physical health, mental well-being, and the very sustainability of their employment. Unmaking the Global Sweatshop gathers the work of leading anthropologists and ethnographers studying the global garment industry to examine the relationship between the politics of labor and initiatives to protect workers' health and safety. Contributors analyze both the labor processes required of garment workers as well as the global dynamics of outsourcing and subcontracting that produce such demands on workers' health. The accounts contained in Unmaking the Global Sweatshop trace the histories of labor standards for garment workers in the global South; explore recent partnerships between corporate, state, and civil society actors in pursuit of accountable corporate governance; analyze a breadth of initiatives that seek to improve workers' health standards, from ethical trade projects to human rights movements; and focus on the ways in which risk, health, and safety might be differently conceptualized and regulated. Unmaking the Global Sweatshop argues for an expansive understanding of garment workers' lived experiences that recognizes the politics of labor, human rights, the privatization and individualization of health-related responsibilities as well as the complexity of health and well-being. Contributors: Mark Anner, Hasan Ashraf, Jennifer Bair, Jeremy Blasi, Geert De Neve, Saydia Gulrukh, Ingrid Hagen-Keith, Sandya Hewamanne, Caitrin Lynch, Alessandra Mezzadri, Patrick Neveling, Florence Palpacuer, Rebecca Prentice, Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, Nazneen Shifa, Dina M. Siddiqi, Mahmudul H. Sumon.



Female Entrepreneurship And The New Venture Creation


Female Entrepreneurship And The New Venture Creation
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Author : Dafna Kariv
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013

Female Entrepreneurship And The New Venture Creation written by Dafna Kariv and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.


Women represent the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs today. Tracing women's journey along the venture creation process, Kariv's book highlights the creatively different ways in which women approach the entrepreneurial enterprise.



Workers Rights And Labor Compliance In Global Supply Chains


Workers Rights And Labor Compliance In Global Supply Chains
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Author : Jennifer Bair
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-26

Workers Rights And Labor Compliance In Global Supply Chains written by Jennifer Bair and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with Business & Economics categories.


This book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains. It examines the possibilities and limitations of market approaches to securing social compliance in global manufacturing industries. It does so by tracing the historic origins of social labelling both in trade union and consumer constituencies, considering industry and consumer perspectives on the benefits and drawbacks of social labelling, comparing efforts to develop and implement labelling initiatives in various countries, and locating social labelling within contemporary debates and controversies about the implications of globalization for workers worldwide. Scholars and students of globalisation, development, corporate social responsibility, human geography, labour and industrial relations, business ethics, consumer behaviour and fashion will find its contents of relevance. CSR practitioners in the clothing and other industries will also find this useful in developing policy with respect to supply chain assurance.



Restitching Identities In Rural Sri Lanka


Restitching Identities In Rural Sri Lanka
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Author : Sandya Hewamanne
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2020-09-28

Restitching Identities In Rural Sri Lanka written by Sandya Hewamanne and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Social Science categories.


Sandya Hewamanne's Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone analyzed how female factory workers in Sri Lanka's free trade zones challenged conventional notions about marginalized women at the bottom of the global economy. In Restitching Identities in Rural Sri Lanka Hewamanne now follows many of these same women to explore the ways in which they negotiate their social and economic lives once back in their home villages. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted over fifteen years, the book explores how the former free-trade-zone workers manipulate varied forms of capital—social, cultural, and monetary— to become local entrepreneurs and community leaders, while simultaneously initiating gradual changes in rural social hierarchies and gender norms. Free trade zones introduce Sri Lankan women to neoliberal ways of fashioning selves, Hewamanne contends. Her book illustrates how varied manifestations of neoliberal attitudes within local contexts result in new articulations of what it is to be an entrepreneur as well as a good woman. By focusing on how former workers decenter neoliberal market relations while using their entrepreneurial and civic activities to reimagine social life in ways more satisfying to them and their loved ones—what the author calls a politics of contentment—the book sheds light on new political possibilities in contexts where both reproduction of neoliberal economic relations and implementation of alternatives co-exist.



Development With Global Value Chains


Development With Global Value Chains
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Author : Dev Nathan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-11-30

Development With Global Value Chains written by Dev Nathan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-30 with Business & Economics categories.


Can firms and economies utilize global value chains for development? How can they move from low-income to middle-income and even high-income status? This book addresses these questions through a series of case studies examining upgradation and innovation by firms operating in GVCs in Asia. The countries examined are China, India, South Korea, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, with studies of firms operating in varied sectors - aerospace components, apparel, automotive, consumer electronics including mobile phones, telecom equipment, IT software and services, and pharmaceuticals.



Handbook On Globalisation And Labour Standards


Handbook On Globalisation And Labour Standards
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Author : Elliott, Kimberly A.
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2022-03-15

Handbook On Globalisation And Labour Standards written by Elliott, Kimberly A. and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with Political Science categories.


This comprehensive Handbook explores the complex and volatile debate over globalisation and labour standards. It offers key insights into the impact of globalisation on workers, the obligations of corporations and international legal bodies in protecting workers’ rights and maximising the opportunities offered by international trade and investment.



Made In Bangladesh Cambodia And Sri Lanka The Labor Behind The Global Garments And Textiles Industries


Made In Bangladesh Cambodia And Sri Lanka The Labor Behind The Global Garments And Textiles Industries
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Author : Sanchita Banerjee Saxena
language : en
Publisher: Cambria Press
Release Date : 2014-06-26

Made In Bangladesh Cambodia And Sri Lanka The Labor Behind The Global Garments And Textiles Industries written by Sanchita Banerjee Saxena and has been published by Cambria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-26 with Political Science categories.


The general perception of the garment and textile industry in the global South is fueled only by images of dismal labor conditions and unsuitable factories, descriptions of labor clashes with police, and analyses of low wages and exploitative multinational corporations. This book presents an insightful perspective on the garment and textiles industries in Asia by highlighting that an industry fraught with competing concerns can, in fact, collaborate and work together when it is in the interest of both the state and interest groups to do so. This comparative study recognizes the role of both the state and interest groups in the policy making process and argues that they are interlinked and require one another for sustainable reforms. Employing original, in-depth research in three different countries, the study skillfully delves down deep beyond the macro statistics and commonly held images to cast light on some of the significant policy and attitudinal shifts that have occurred in this industry. It demonstrates that even though the struggle continues, it is important to recognize the improvements thus far and to work towards positive change. This book also takes a much larger historical view of the sector, arguing that manipulation of the trading regime has created and continues to create both incentives and disincentives for the various stakeholders involved in this industry. This book is is essential for students and researchers in policy studies, labor studies, South and Southeast Asian studies, international trade, and political science, as well as those engaged in program design and evaluation of projects focused on labor rights. This study is also critical for non-governmental organizations with a thematic focus on the garments and textiles industry, labor rights, human rights, and international trade policy, as well as for private sector organizations focused on improving labor conditions around the world. More information at http://www.cambriapress.com/books/9781604978780.cfm



Global Perspectives On Sustainable Fashion


Global Perspectives On Sustainable Fashion
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Author : Alison Gwilt
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-21

Global Perspectives On Sustainable Fashion written by Alison Gwilt and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Design categories.


Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption. Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns. Also included are 18 regional 'Spotlight' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community.



The Indian Textile Journal


The Indian Textile Journal
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Author : Sorabji M. Rutnagur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

The Indian Textile Journal written by Sorabji M. Rutnagur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Textile fabrics categories.