Clothed in Integrity : Weaving Just Cultural Relations and the Garment Industry.

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Barbara Paleczny, herself a daughter of garment workers, tugs at the threads of homeworking in the garment industry to reveal a low-wage strategy that rends the fabric of social integrity and exposes global trends. The resurgence of sweatshops affects the working poor in both first- and third-world...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paleczny, Barbara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Clothing trade > Moral and ethical aspects.
Women clothing workers > Ontario > Toronto.
Home labor > Ontario > Toronto.
Christian ethics.
Feminist theology.
Travailleuses du vêtement > Ontario > Toronto.
Travail à domicile > Ontario > Toronto.
Théologie féministe.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Christian ethics
Clothing trade > Moral and ethical aspects
Feminist theology
Home labor
Women clothing workers
Ontario > Toronto
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Barbara Paleczny, herself a daughter of garment workers, tugs at the threads of homeworking in the garment industry to reveal a low-wage strategy that rends the fabric of social integrity and exposes global trends. The resurgence of sweatshops affects the working poor in both first- and third-world countries. Paleczny assesses the responsibility of transnational retailers for unacceptable wages and working conditions and describes historic shifts in the global context of garment production. After exploring systemic causes of poverty, relevant policy setting, and ethical foundations, Paleczn.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (387 pages)
ISBN:9780889206564
0889206562

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