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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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Introduction: NGOs and advocacy networks as transnational political actors
  • 1. Political economy of the garment industry
  • 2. Development of the anti-sweatshop network
  • 3. Places and practices of four anti-sweatshop NGOs
  • 4. Structures of governance and anti-sweatshop NGOs
  • 5. Consumer campaigns and the use of civic politics
  • 6. NGO accountability and political responsibility
  • 7. Effectiveness of anti-sweatshop advocacy
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Organizations involved in transnational advocacy and the global garment industry
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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