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* Read * Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?: A New Democracy Forum on Raising Global Labor Standards by Archon Fung, Dara O'Rourke, Charles Sabel ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?: A New Democracy Forum on Raising Global Labor Standards "More about legislative policies than personal action" according to WichacpiHoskila. A convincing and thorough manifesto offering plausible legislative policies or regulations that might effectively address the "sweatshop problem" in the garment industry, but lean on data for the personal consumer. It presents a theory on what those in power "could do," and not much about what we consumers *]
| Title | : | Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?: A New Democracy Forum on Raising Global Labor Standards |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807047155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
The series editors (for Boston Review), Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, aim to foster politically engaged, intellectually honest, and morally serious debate about fundamental issues-both on and off the agenda of conventional politics.. The MIT scholar who broke the news about Nike's sweatshops argues, with two colleagues, that consumer choices can improve workers' lives globally Seventy-five percent of Americans say they would avoid retailers whom they knew sold goods produced in sweatshops. Although watchdog agencies have tried to monitor working conditions and pressure corporations to adhere to international standards, the authors show how these organizations alone cannot do enough; only consumer action and the threat of falling profits will force corporate owners to care about the conditions of their workers.Respondents include activists, scholars, and officials of the International Labor Organization and World Bank.NEW DEMOCRACY FORUM: A series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our
"More about legislative policies than personal action" according to WichacpiHoskila. A convincing and thorough manifesto offering plausible legislative policies or regulations that might effectively address the "sweatshop problem" in the garment industry, but lean on data for the personal consumer. It presents a theory on what those in power "could do," and not much about what we consumers *
The respondents present informed, engaged and well-argued positions that, combined, create a deeply thought-provoking volume. This heady mixture of economics, politics, theory and activism is an important addition to a heated debate. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. From Publishers Weekly If Kathy Lee Gifford had read this brief but potent and provocative book, not only might she have avoided her public humiliation as a sweatshop profiteer off the labor of underpaid women in Hond
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