Global sweatshops : a feminist theory of exploitation and resistance /

Sweatshop labour is characterized by low wages, long hours, and systematic health and safety hazards. Most of the workers in the sweatshops of the garment industry are women, many of them migrant women. This book develops an intersectional feminist critique of the working conditions in sweatshops by...

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Main Author:	Müller, Mirjam (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:	Studies in feminist philosophy.
Subjects:	Sweatshops > History. Sweating-system > Histoire. Ethics & Moral Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY. Political. Social. Industry & industrial studies. Industry. sweatshop labour, exploitation, gender, race, global supply chains, social structures, vulnerability, resistance, transnational solidarity, intersectional feminism Electronic books.
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Summary:	Sweatshop labour is characterized by low wages, long hours, and systematic health and safety hazards. Most of the workers in the sweatshops of the garment industry are women, many of them migrant women. This book develops an intersectional feminist critique of the working conditions in sweatshops by analysing the role of gender, race, and migration status in bringing about and justifying the exploitation of workers on factory floors. Based on this analysis, the book argues that sweatshop workers are structurally vulnerable to exploitation in virtue of their position as gendered, racialized, and migrant workers within global supply chains.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Audience:	Specialized.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780197767238 0197767230