{"product_id":"threads-of-labour-isbn-9781405126380","title":"Threads of Labour","description":"\u003ci\u003eThreads of Labour\u003c\/i\u003e presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations and makes sense of global supply chains from the bottom up.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations in ten different locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreates a blueprint for conducting worker-orientated action research in order to better understand and resist the negative impact of globalization on labour.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnsures that workers' voices reach those who are already trying to reconfigure global capitalism in more humane directions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ways in which workers might begin to develop new forms of organization that are more suited to securing gains in the global garment industry.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBridges the gap between activist and academic research, improving the conversation between these two groups.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Illustrations.  \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Threads of Labour in the Global Garment Industry (\u003ci\u003eJane Wills with Angela Hale\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Changing Face of the Global Garment Industry (\u003ci\u003eJennifer Hurley with Doug Miller\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Organising and Networking in Support of Garment Workers (\u003ci\u003eAngela Hale\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Action Research. Tracing the Threads of Labour in the Global Garment Industry (\u003ci\u003eJane Wills with Jennifer Hurley\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Unravelling the Web. Supply Chains and Workers' Lives in the Garment Industry (\u003ci\u003eJennifer Hurley\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Coming Undone. The Implications of Garment Industry Subcontracting for UK Workers (\u003ci\u003eCamille Warren\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Impact of Full-package Production in Mexico's Blue Jean Capital (\u003ci\u003eLynda Yanz with Bob Jeffcott\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Defending Workers' Rights in Subcontracted Workplaces (\u003ci\u003eRohini Hensman, Women Working Worldwide\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Phase-out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement from the Perspective of Workers (\u003ci\u003eAngela Hale with Maggie Burns\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Conclusion (\u003ci\u003eAngela Hale with Jane Will\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A vibrant, innovative and up-to-date book, that recognizes the diversity of women’s experience of networked global capitalism and charts both their experience of exploitation and their strategies of resistance. \u003ci\u003eThreads of Labour\u003c\/i\u003e provides a sober but constructive assessment of international multi-stakeholder initiatives to improve conditions for garment workers.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane Elson, University of Essex \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I would highly recommend \u003ci\u003eThreads of Labour\u003c\/i\u003e to anyone wishing to learn the intricacies of the global garment industry, and what action can be taken to make change happen.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRed Pepper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A ground-breaking and original study of the contested geographies of women working in the global garments trade. Theoretically, empirically and politically rich and innovative. This is one of the most sustained and exciting examples of action research in the discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Featherstone, University of Liverpool\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book gives valuable insights for decision-makers in international clothing brands. Read it and learn how garment workers worldwide are affected by the sub-contracted manufacturing that characterises this industry.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDan Rees, Director of the Ethical Trading Initiative\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A politically engaged, detailed and scholarly account of global garment subcontracting … This book is required reading for researchers, students, and activists with a serious interest in global trade and global exploitation.” \u003ci\u003eNetwork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An essential read for globalization scholars and activists alike [and] breaks new ground by presenting a coordinated research approach for analyzing global supply chains and how power is constructed-and contested-through the links that bind them.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorma M. Rantisi, Concordia University, Economic Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAngela Hale\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Women Working Worldwide, an NGO based at Manchester Metropolitan University. She previously lectured in sociology at the university and has published many articles relating to women workers. Women Working Worldwide works with a network of trade unions and NGOs supporting the rights of workers in international supply chains producing consumer goods for the world market.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Wills\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Geography at Queen Mary, University of London and a board member of Women Working Worldwide. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eDissident Geographies: An Introduction to Radical Ideas and Practices\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003ePlace, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishing, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eUnion Futures: Building Networked Trade Unionism in the UK\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThreads of Labour\u003c\/i\u003e draws on a rich body of action research gathered by organisations supporting women workers in ten different garment-producing locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico. This research provides important new empirical information about the global garment industry and also creates a blueprint for conducting worker-oriented action research in order to better understand and resist the negative impact of globalization on labour.  \u003cp\u003eThis book combines bottom-up research conducted by women workers' organisations with the latest academic research and debate. It seeks to ensure that workers' voices reach those who are trying to reconfigure global capitalism in more humane directions. Finally, it explores the ways in which workers might begin to develop new forms of organization that are more suited to securing gains in the global garment industry than those strategies deployed in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990389145829,"sku":"NP9781405126380","price":36.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405126380.jpg?v=1761787629","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/threads-of-labour-isbn-9781405126380","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}