Behind the label : inequality in the Los Angeles apparel industry / Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum ; with Ku-Sup Chin ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonacich, Edna.

Contributor:

Appelbaum, Richard P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing trade--California--Los Angeles.

Clothing trade.

Clothing workers--California--Los Angeles.

Clothing workers.

Sweatshops--California--Los Angeles.

Sweatshops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study, Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum investigate the return of sweatshops to the apparel industry, especially in Los Angeles. The ""new"" sweatshops, they say, need to be understood in terms of the decline in the American welfare state and its strong unions and the rise in global and flexible production.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Manufacturers; 2. Offshore Production (with Melanie Myers); 3. Retailers; 4. The Power Elite; 5. Contractors (with Ku-Sup Chin); 6. Workers (with Gregory Scott); 7. The Distribution of Wealth; 8. Government Enforcement and Retention Efforts; 9. Worker Empowerment; 10. The Antisweatshop Movement; Afterword; Notes; Bibliographic Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-365) and index.

ISBN:

0-520-92559-9

1-59734-486-9

OCLC:

475930419