Description: Strategizing Against Sweatshops : The Global Economy, Student Activism, and Worker Empowerment, Hardcover by Williams, Matthew S., ISBN 143991821X, ISBN-13 9781439918210, Brand New, Free shipping in the US For the past few decades, the . anti-sweatshop movement was bolstered by actions from American college students. United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) effectively advanced the cause of workers rights in sweatshops around the world. Strategizing against Sweatshops chronicles the evolution of student activism and presents an innovative model of how college campuses are a critical site for the advancement of global social justice. Matthew Williams shows how USAS targeted apparel companies outsourcing production to sweatshop factories with weak or non-existent unions. USAS did so by developing a campaign that would support workers organizing by leveraging their colleges partnerships with global apparel firms like Nike and Adidas to abide by pro-labor codes of conduct. Strategizing against Sweatshops exemplifies how organizations and actors cooperate across a movement to formulate a coherent strategy responsive to the conditions in their social environment. Williams also provides a model of political opportunity structure to show how social context shapes the chances of a movements successand how movements can change that political opportunity structure in turn. Ultimately, he shows why progressive student activism remains important.
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Book Title: Strategizing Against Sweatshops : the Global Economy, Student Activism, and Worker Empowerment
Number of Pages: 290 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Topic: Labor & Industrial Relations, Student Life & Student Affairs, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, General, Labor & Employment
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Law, Political Science, Social Science, Education, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 18.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Matthew S. Williams
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
