Behind the label : inequality in the Los Angeles apparel industry /

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In this study, Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum investigate the return of sweatshops to the apparel industry, especially in Los Angeles. The "new" sweatshops, they say, need to be understood in terms of the decline in the American welfare state and its strong unions and the rise in glob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonacich, Edna
Otros Autores: Appelbaum, Richard P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Clothing trade > California > Los Angeles.
Clothing workers > California > Los Angeles.
Sweatshops > California > Los Angeles.
Travailleurs du vêtement > Californie > Los Angeles.
Sweating-system > Californie > Los Angeles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
Clothing trade
Clothing workers
Sweatshops
California > Los Angeles
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Manufacturers; 2. Offshore Production (with Melanie Myers); 3. Retailers; 4. The Power Elite; 5. Contractors (with Ku-Sup Chin); 6. Workers (with Gregory Scott); 7. The Distribution of Wealth; 8. Government Enforcement and Retention Efforts; 9. Worker Empowerment; 10. The Antisweatshop Movement; Afterword; Notes; Bibliographic Notes; Index.

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