Advocacy Across Borders : : NGOs, Anti-Sweatshop Activism and the Global Garment Industry /

Advocacy Across Borders : : NGOs, Anti-Sweatshop Activism and the Global Garment Industry / / Shae Garwood.

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Particularly compelling reading after the April 2013 building collapse that killed more than 1,000 garment workers in Bangladesh, Advocacy Across Borders explores the strategies, strengths—and limitations—of Northern-based NGOs that seek to improve conditions for the millions of workers in the cloth...

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Garwood, Shae ,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2011]
Kumarian Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (235 p.)
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Tables and Figures --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Abbreviations and Acronyms --   |t Introduction: NGOs and advocacy networks as transnational political actors --   |t 1. Political economy of the garment industry --   |t 2. Development of the anti-sweatshop network --   |t 3. Places and practices of four anti-sweatshop NGOs --   |t 4. Structures of governance and anti-sweatshop NGOs --   |t 5. Consumer campaigns and the use of civic politics --   |t 6. NGO accountability and political responsibility --   |t 7. Effectiveness of anti-sweatshop advocacy --   |t 8. Conclusion --   |t Appendix: Organizations involved in transnational advocacy and the global garment industry --   |t Notes --   |t References --   |t Index --   |t About the Author 
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