Strategizing against sweatshops the global economy, student activism, and worker empowerment
Preface: The continuing relevance of progressive student activism in an age of right-wing populism -- Theorizing social movement strategy -- Globalization, the apparel industry and the roots of sweatshops -- Higher education as a political opportunity structure -- The origins of United Students Agai...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Philadelphia
Temple University Press
2020
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United Students Against Sweatshops
> Sozialstandards
> Arbeitnehmerschutz
> Arbeiterbewegung
> Soziale Bewegung
> Soziale Gerechtigkeit
> Studierende
> USA
> Welt
> Anti-sweatshop movement
> Student movements
> College students
> Political activity
> Sweatshops
> Clothing trade
> Employee rights
> Social justice
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Preface: The continuing relevance of progressive student activism in an age of right-wing populism -- Theorizing social movement strategy -- Globalization, the apparel industry and the roots of sweatshops -- Higher education as a political opportunity structure -- The origins of United Students Against Sweatshops -- USAS's campus-level strategy -- USAS's ideology of worker empowerment -- The organization of USAS -- The brands strike back : corporate social responsibility and the creation of the Fair Labor Association -- The creation of the Worker Rights Consortium -- Embedded autonomy and the fire alarm model : the organization and monitoring practices of the WRC -- Transnational solidarity campaigns -- The designated suppliers program -- Sweatfree communities. "Tells the story of how the student anti-sweatshop movement on US college campuses was able to coordinate a massive change in strategy in response to new labor tactics undertaken by target garment industry corporations. Demonstrates that a decentralized movement can coordinate in response to changing opportunities." |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xix, 267 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781439918210 978-1-4399-1821-0 9781439918227 978-1-4399-1822-7 |