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

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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1. Verfasser: Bonacich, Edna
Weitere Verfasser: Appelbaum, Richard P.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
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Zusammenfassung: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 global and flexible production.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 395 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-365) and index.
ISBN:9780520925595
0520925599
0585391718
9780585391717
9780520217690
0520217691
9780520225060
0520225066