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Author Seidman, G.

Title Beyond the boycott : labor rights, human rights, and transnational activism / Gay W. Seidman.

Imprint New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.011 Se42b 2007    ---  Available
Description xvi, 176 p. ; 24 cm.
Series American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
Rose series in sociology.
Note A study of the impact of the Sullivan Code in South Africa, the Rugmark social labeling effort in the Indian handwoven carpet industry, and the COVERCO monitoring of the Guatemalan apparel industry.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-167) and index.
Contents Citizens, markets, and transnational labor activism -- Labor rights as human rights : regulation in the context of a "thinned" national state -- Monitoring multinationals : lessons from the anti-apartheid era -- Social labels, child labor, and monitoring in the Indian carpet industry -- Constructing a culture of compliance in Guatemala -- Citizenship at work.
Subject Employee rights -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
Labor movement -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
Human rights monitoring -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
International business enterprises -- Developing countries -- Management -- Case studies.
Social responsibility of business -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
Added Title Labor rights, human rights, and transnational activism
ISBN 0871547619 (alk. paper)
9780871547613 (alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000041341248

 
    
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