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- catalog abstract ""Critics have decried the anti-globalization movement as an aimless assortment of causes. Arguably, the most consistent target of activist attention has been the new industrial sweatshop, which has become a byword for corporate-led globalization. In recent years, the world's lowest paying jobs have been the subject of high-profile media coverage. As a result of headline-seeking campaigns, exposes of sweatshop conditions at home and abroad are now a stable of investigative reporting and public attention, and this scrutiny has helped to put fair labor standards on the negotiating table of world trade agreements." "In this new book, scholar and anti-sweatshop activist Andrew Ross shows how and why the movement has been able to shake the confidence of corporate and financial elites accustomed to a free hand in setting the rules of the global economy. In addition to analyzing the achievements of a decade, he presents case studies from around the world: the mercurial growth of China's export trade; the reliance of Italy's fashion and design industries on the underground economy; the health hazards faced by Asian microchip workers and recyclers of electronic waste; and the controversy over Nike's contract with Manchester United, the world's leading soccer brand. Arguing that the fight for fair labor is not solely a geographically distant matter, played out only in the poorest corners of the world, he also shows how it applies to the degradation of white-collar professions as the "casualization" of work in the domestic economy gathers ever more steam. This partisan inquiry into the cruelty and indignity of modern workplaces is informed by evidence that critique and action can bring results."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13315708.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Critics have decried the anti-globalization movement as an aimless assortment of causes. Arguably, the most consistent target of activist attention has been the new industrial sweatshop, which has become a byword for corporate-led globalization. In recent years, the world's lowest paying jobs have been the subject of high-profile media coverage. As a result of headline-seeking campaigns, exposes of sweatshop conditions at home and abroad are now a stable of investigative reporting and public attention, and this scrutiny has helped to put fair labor standards on the negotiating table of world trade agreements." "In this new book, scholar and anti-sweatshop activist Andrew Ross shows how and why the movement has been able to shake the confidence of corporate and financial elites accustomed to a free hand in setting the rules of the global economy. In addition to analyzing the achievements of a decade, he presents case studies from around the world: the mercurial growth of China's export trade; the reliance of Italy's fashion and design industries on the underground economy; the health hazards faced by Asian microchip workers and recyclers of electronic waste; and the controversy over Nike's contract with Manchester United, the world's leading soccer brand. Arguing that the fight for fair labor is not solely a geographically distant matter, played out only in the poorest corners of the world, he also shows how it applies to the degradation of white-collar professions as the "casualization" of work in the domestic economy gathers ever more steam. This partisan inquiry into the cruelty and indignity of modern workplaces is informed by evidence that critique and action can bring results."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-254) and index.".
- catalog description "The Making of the Second Anti-Sweatshop Movement -- Made in Italy: The Trouble with Craft Capitalism -- Friedrich Engels Visits the Old Trafford Megastore -- Are the Chinese Losing China? -- The Flight of the Silicon Wafers -- Strike a Pose for Justice: The Barneys Union Campaign of 1996 -- The Mental Labor Problem.".
- catalog extent "vi, 264 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1565848934".
- catalog identifier "1565849191".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New Press ; New York : Distributed by W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "331.2/15 22".
- catalog subject "Anti-globalization movement.".
- catalog subject "Foreign trade and employment United States.".
- catalog subject "Foreign trade and employment.".
- catalog subject "HD4909 .R66 2004".
- catalog subject "Labor movement.".
- catalog subject "Sweatshops.".
- catalog subject "Wages Effect of international trade on United States.".
- catalog subject "Wages Effect of international trade on.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Making of the Second Anti-Sweatshop Movement -- Made in Italy: The Trouble with Craft Capitalism -- Friedrich Engels Visits the Old Trafford Megastore -- Are the Chinese Losing China? -- The Flight of the Silicon Wafers -- Strike a Pose for Justice: The Barneys Union Campaign of 1996 -- The Mental Labor Problem.".
- catalog title "Low pay, high profile : the global push for fair labor / Andrew Ross.".
- catalog type "text".