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- Free Trade & Uneven Development: North American Apparel Industry After Nafta
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
This volume addresses many of the complex issues raised by North American integration through the lens of one of the largest and most global industries in the region: textiles and apparel. In part, this is a story of winners and losers in the globalization process, especially if one focuses on jobs lost and jobs gained in different countries and communities within North America, defined here as: Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. However, it would be a mistake to view the industry solely in these zerosum terms. The North American apparel industry is an excellent illustration of larger trends in the global economy, in which regional divisions of labor appear to be one of the most stable and effective responses to globalization.The contributors to this volume are an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars who have all done detailed fieldwork at the firm and factory levels in one or more countries of North America. Taken together the essays offer theoretical and methodological innovations built around the intersection of the global commodity chains and industrial districts literatures, as well as innovative approaches to studying the impact of cross-national, interfirm networks in terms of production and trade issues, and local development outcomes for workers and communities.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables and Figures
- pp. vii-ix
- Acknowledgments [Includes Map Image]
- pp. xi-xii
- Part I: Analytical Overview
- Part II: The Changing Face of the Apparel Industry in the United States
- 6. Labor's Reponse to Global Production
- pp. 123-135
- Part III: The U.S.-Mexico Border Region
- Part IV: Interior Mexico
- Part V: Central America and the Caribbean
- Part VI: Conclusion
- About the Contributors
- pp. 341-342
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439901144
Related ISBN(s)
9781566399678, 9781566399685
MARC Record
OCLC
320898250
Pages
360
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No