Current Conditions in the Textile and Apparel Industries
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade |
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Total Pages | : 856 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Clothing trade |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 856 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Clothing trade |
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Author | : Ellen Rosen |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2002-12-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780520928572 |
The only comprehensive historical analysis of the globalization of the U.S. apparel industry, this book focuses on the reemergence of sweatshops in the United States and the growth of new ones abroad. Ellen Israel Rosen, who has spent more than a decade investigating the problems of America's domestic apparel workers, now probes the shifts in trade policy and global economics that have spawned momentous changes in the international apparel and textile trade. Making Sweatshops asks whether the process of globalization can be promoted in ways that blend industrialization and economic development in both poor and rich countries with concerns for social and economic justice—especially for the women who toil in the industry's low-wage sites around the world. Rosen looks closely at the role trade policy has played in globalization in this industry. She traces the history of current policies toward the textile and apparel trade to cold war politics and the reconstruction of the Pacific Rim economies after World War II. Her narrative takes us through the rise of protectionism and the subsequent dismantling of trade protection during the Reagan era to the passage of NAFTA and the continued push for trade accords through the WTO. Going beyond purely economic factors, this valuable study elaborates the full historical and political context in which the globalization of textiles and apparel has taken place. Rosen takes a critical look at the promises of prosperity, both in the U.S. and in developing countries, made by advocates for the global expansion of these industries. She offers evidence to suggest that this process may inevitably create new and more extreme forms of poverty.
Author | : U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Balance of trade |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Clothing factories |
ISBN | : |
This report describes the plight of America's textile industries threatened by imports from countries paying lower wages to workers. S/N 052-003-01064-0: $7.50.
Author | : Jane L. Collins |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2003-09-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780226113708 |
Americans have been shocked by media reports of the dismal working conditions in factories that make clothing for U.S. companies. But while well intentioned, many of these reports about child labor and sweatshop practices rely on stereotypes of how Third World factories operate, ignoring the complex economic dynamics driving the global apparel industry. To dispel these misunderstandings, Jane L. Collins visited two very different apparel firms and their factories in the United States and Mexico. Moving from corporate headquarters to factory floors, her study traces the diverse ties that link First and Third World workers and managers, producers and consumers. Collins examines how the transnational economics of the apparel industry allow firms to relocate or subcontract their work anywhere in the world, making it much harder for garment workers in the United States or any other country to demand fair pay and humane working conditions. Putting a human face on globalization, Threads shows not only how international trade affects local communities but also how workers can organize in this new environment to more effectively demand better treatment from their distant corporate employers.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Special Subcommittee to Study the Textile Industry |
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Textile industry |
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Author | : Bruce Gregory Arnold |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Footwear industry |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1322 |
Release | : 1985 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Competition, International |
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