Towards Better Work : Understanding Labour in Apparel Global Value Chains

Rossi, Arianna (EDT); Luinstra, Amy (EDT); Pickles, John (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1137377534 / ISBN 13: 9781137377531

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Towards Better Work : Understanding Labour in Apparel Global Value Chains
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137377534
• ISBN 13: 9781137377531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Dennis Arnold, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Jennifer Bair, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Thomas Bernhardt, New School for Social Research Resmi P. Bhaskaran, development economist Drusilla Brown, Tufts University, USA Upendranadh Choragudi, ActionAid International Rejeev Dehejia, New York University, USA Gary Gereffi, Duke University, USA Shane Godfrey, University of Cape Town, South Africa Stephanie Kuttner, Gender and Social Development Consultant Amy Luinstra, IFC's Sustainable Business Advisory department Frederick Mayer, Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, USA Doug Miller, University of Northumbria, UK Dev Nathan, Duke University, USA Nicola Phillips, University of Sheffield, UK John Pickles, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Kelly Pike, York University, Canada Leonhard Plank, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Richard Record, World Bank's Southeast Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management team Raymond Robertson, Macalester College, USA Arianna Rossi, ILO/IFC Better Work Programme Cornelia Staritz, Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE) Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead