Strategizing against sweatshops : the global economy, student activism, and worker empowerment / Matthew S. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Matthew S., 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Students Against Sweatshops.

Anti-sweatshop movement--United States.

Anti-sweatshop movement.

Student movements--United States.

Student movements.

United States.

College students--Political activity--United States.

College students.

College students--Political activity.

Sweatshops.

Clothing trade.

Employee rights.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xix, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Williams, Matthew S., 1974-. Strategizing against sweatshops.

ISBN:

9781439918210

143991821X

9781439918227

1439918228

OCLC:

1096223553