Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592133304 ISBN 13: 9781592133307

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2006

Synopsis

'Challenging the Chip' examines the impacts of electronics manufacturing on workers and local environments around the world. It provides multidimensional perspectives on the science and the politics of environmental and social justice.

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From the Publisher

A revealing look at the dark side of the technology industry

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"This is an excellent book. It is rare to see environment and labor issues brought together in a seamless fashion. Although I have heard about problems in the microelectronics industry before, nowhere have I seen such interesting reporting on the problems. This is an important contribution to the discussion of globalization and its effects—and to the understanding of the grassroots movements that have emerged in response." —Charles Levenstein, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Emeritus)

"This book is pathbreaking and stunningly global in its presentation of cases from four continents. It is unique in mixing activist and worker voices with academic framework and literature perspectives. It unquestionably stands alone in providing so many angles and cases. These are 25 fascinating pieces." —Timmons Roberts, The College of William and Mary

Edition details

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592133304
• ISBN 13: 9781592133307
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, David Naguib Pellow