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Towards Better Work

Understanding Labour in Apparel Global Value Chains

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Editors:
  1. Arianna Rossi

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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  2. Amy Luinstra

    1. IFC’s Sustainable Business Advisory department, Mongolia

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  3. John Pickles

    1. Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Labour Studies (AILS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Arianna Rossi, Amy Luinstra, John Pickles
      Pages 1-14

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. What Does ‘Fast Fashion’ Mean for Workers? Apparel Production in Morocco and Romania

      • Leonhard Plank, Arianna Rossi, Cornelia Staritz
      Pages 127-147

    3. Voting with Their Feet? Explaining High Turnover and Low Productivity in the Lao Garment Sector

      • Richard Record, Stephanie Kuttner, Kabmanivanh Phouxay
      Pages 148-171

    4. Vulnerable Workers and Labour Standards (Non-)Compliance in Global Production Networks: Home-Based Child Labour in Delhi’s Garment Sector

      • Resmi Bhaskaran, Dev Nathan, Nicola Phillips, Upendranadh Choragudi
      Pages 172-190

    5. Workers’ Perceptions of Compliance with Labour Standards: Assessing Opportunities and Challenges for Better Work in Lesotho’s Apparel Sector

      • Kelly Pike, Shane Godfrey
      Pages 191-211

    6. Workers’ Agency and Power Relations in Cambodia’s Garment Industry

      • Dennis Arnold
      Pages 212-231

    7. Factory Decisions to Become Noncompliant with Labour Standards: Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia

      • Drusilla Brown, Rajeev Dehejia, Raymond Robertson
      Pages 232-250

    8. Towards Better Work in Central America: Nicaragua and the CAFTA Context

      • Jennifer Bair, Gary Gereffi
      Pages 251-275

    9. Conclusions

      • Arianna Rossi, Amy Luinstra, John Pickles
      Pages 276-285

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 286-318
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“This book presents a timely contribution to ongoing debates on the nature of employment and working conditions within global export industries. It provides rich insights into the dynamics of labour and working conditions within the highly fragmented and internationally dispersed global apparel industry. … The book is organized into two main parts which skilfully balance theoretical perspectives with insightful empirical evidence.” (Roseline Wanjiru, Work, employment and society, Vol. 30 (2), May, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Arianna Rossi

  • IFC’s Sustainable Business Advisory department, Mongolia

    Amy Luinstra

  • Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    John Pickles

About the editors

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

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