Towards Better Work

Globalization of production has created opportunities and challenges for developing country producers and workers. This volume provides solutions-oriented approaches for promoting improved working conditions and labour rights in the apparel industry.

Globalization of production has created opportunities and challenges for developing country producers and workers. This volume provides solutions-oriented approaches for promoting improved working conditions and labour rights in the apparel industry.

Introduction PART I 1. Re-embedding the Market: Global Apparel Value Chains, Governance and Decent Work; Frederick Mayer and John Pickles 2. Economic and Social Upgrading of Developing Countries in the Global Apparel Sector: Insights from Using a Parsimonious Measurement Approach; Thomas Bernhardt 3. How 'Fair' Are Wage Practices along the Supply Chain? A Global Assessment; Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead 4. Regulating the 'Wage Effort Bargain' in Outsourced Apparel Production: Towards a Model; Doug Miller PART II 5. What Does 'Fast Fashion' Mean for Workers?Apparel Production in Morocco and Romania; Leonhard Plank, Arianna Rossi and Cornelia Staritz 6. Voting with Their Feet? Explaining High Turnover and Low Productivity in the Lao Garment Sector; Richard Record, Stephanie Kuttner and Kabmanivanh Phouxay 7. Vulnerable Workers and Labour Standards (Non-)Compliance in Global Production Networks: Home-Based Child Labour in Delhi's Garment Sector; Resmi Bhaskaran, Dev Nathan, Nicola Phillips andC. Upendranadh 8. Workers' Perceptions of Compliance with Labour Standards: Assessing Opportunities and Challenges for Better Work in Lesotho's Apparel Sector; Kelly Pike and Shane Godfrey 9. Workers' Agency and Power Relations in Cambodia's Garment Industry; Dennis Arnold 10.Factory Decisions to Become Noncompliant with Labor Standards: Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia; Drusilla Brown, Rajeev Dehejia and Raymond Robertson 11.Towards Better Work in Central America: Nicaragua and the CAFTA Context; Jennifer Bair and Gary Gereffi Conclusions