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Advocacy across borders : NGOs, anti-sweatshop activism and the global garment industry /
The clothing and textile industry employs nearly 30 million people worldwide, mostly in Asia and Central America. Workers frequently face long hours, inadequate wages, harassment and abuse. While some resist such conditions by joining labor unions, many are prevented from doing so or find it difficu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling, VA :
Kumarian Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction: NGOs and advocacy networks as transnational political actors; NGOs and their networks in international relations; NGOs, networks, and social movements; NGOs and world civic politics; Northern-based NGOs and advocacy; NGOs as rooted cosmopolitans; Methods and sources; Organization of the book; 1. Political economy of the garment industry; Globalization and changing sites of production; Garment industry politics and markets; Impacts on workers; Global financial crisis; Conclusion.