Barbara Paleczny, herself a daughter of garment workers, tugs at the threads of homeworking in the garment industry to reveal a low-wage strategy that rends the fabric of social integrity and exposes global trends. The resurgence of sweatshops affects the working poor in both first- and third-world countries. Paleczny assesses the responsibility of transnational retailers for unacceptable wages and working conditions and describes historic shifts in the global context of garment production. After exploring systemic causes of poverty, relevant policy setting, and ethical foundations, Paleczny…mehr
Barbara Paleczny, herself a daughter of garment workers, tugs at the threads of homeworking in the garment industry to reveal a low-wage strategy that rends the fabric of social integrity and exposes global trends. The resurgence of sweatshops affects the working poor in both first- and third-world countries. Paleczny assesses the responsibility of transnational retailers for unacceptable wages and working conditions and describes historic shifts in the global context of garment production. After exploring systemic causes of poverty, relevant policy setting, and ethical foundations, Paleczny introduces both short- and long-range possibilities for transformation, emphasizing the collaborative nature of work. Clothed in Integrity draws on feminist studies, alternative economics, and the ethical foundations proposed by Bernard Lonergan to fashion a constructive work in which Paleczny connects issues of societal meanings and values, moral imperatives, and economic feasibility. With candour, she shares personal stories of engagement in coalition work. Those who dwell on this text will find information, challenges, and inspiration to nurture their reflection, research, dialogue, and action.
Barbara Paleczny is coordinator for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation for the School Sisters of Notre Dame (Dallas province) and an activist in roganizations concerned with social justice.
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Table of Contents for Clothed in Integrity: Weaving Just Cultural Relations and the Garment Industry by Barbara Paleczny Acknowledgements Preface Serious Implications for Faith Communities My Entry into the Problem Perspective and Purpose Time Frame Method Importance of Images and Symbols Assumptions and Horizons Stories Notes Part I: Identifying Relations of Ruling and Solidarity 1. Present Conditions of Garment Homeworking in Toronto: The Microeconomics of a Low-Wage Strategy A Story of Exploitation Exposing Some Myths Protection of Homeworkers in Multiple Sectors Conclusion Notes 2. The Macroeconomics of Garment Homeworking: Homework in Its Historical Context Homeworking in the Context of Expanding Capitalism Conclusion Notes 3. The Macroeconomics of Garment Homeworking: The International Web of Production and Feminist Analysis of the Relations of Ruling The International Web of Production in the Garment Industry Feminist Analysis of the Relations of Ruling in the Garment Industry Conclusion Notes 4. Transforming the Local Situation in Its Global Context Fair Wages and Working Conditions for Homeworkers' Coalition Campaign in Ontario Core Issues Arising from Praxis ILGWU Initiatives and Challenges Webs of Solidarity Worldwide Relations of Solidarity Conclusion Transition to Part II Notes Part II: Constructing Feminist Socio-economic Ethics as Transformative Theology 5. Horizon, Bias and Specificity/Difference Analysis Related to Homeworking Horizon and Feminist Analysis Forms of Bias and the Obstruction of Transformation Specificity and Difference Conclusion Notes 6. Home Outside the Public Eye The Myth of Women's Place and Market Strategies Social Construction of Gender and "Race" Relations Implications for Socio-political Organization Some Foundational Elements of a Framework to Restructure Society Further Construction of an Integrative Framework Conclusion Notes 7. Discerning Elements for Socio-economic Ethics A Radical, Global Task Values as the Foundation for Alternate Choices Difference and Specificity as a Gift of God An Ethics of Integrity and Truth Relating Ethical Imperatives and Economic Possibilities Conclusion: Ethics, Sin and Grace Notes Conclusion Conclusion Location of Ethical Discourse and Norms of Justice Making Difference and Specificity Analysis Intrinsic to Theological Praxis Constructing Domestic Just Relations Global Relations of Solidarity to Counteract Global Relations of Injustice Integrating Images and Social Factors in Theological Endeavour Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents for Clothed in Integrity: Weaving Just Cultural Relations and the Garment Industry by Barbara Paleczny Acknowledgements Preface Serious Implications for Faith Communities My Entry into the Problem Perspective and Purpose Time Frame Method Importance of Images and Symbols Assumptions and Horizons Stories Notes Part I: Identifying Relations of Ruling and Solidarity 1. Present Conditions of Garment Homeworking in Toronto: The Microeconomics of a Low-Wage Strategy A Story of Exploitation Exposing Some Myths Protection of Homeworkers in Multiple Sectors Conclusion Notes 2. The Macroeconomics of Garment Homeworking: Homework in Its Historical Context Homeworking in the Context of Expanding Capitalism Conclusion Notes 3. The Macroeconomics of Garment Homeworking: The International Web of Production and Feminist Analysis of the Relations of Ruling The International Web of Production in the Garment Industry Feminist Analysis of the Relations of Ruling in the Garment Industry Conclusion Notes 4. Transforming the Local Situation in Its Global Context Fair Wages and Working Conditions for Homeworkers' Coalition Campaign in Ontario Core Issues Arising from Praxis ILGWU Initiatives and Challenges Webs of Solidarity Worldwide Relations of Solidarity Conclusion Transition to Part II Notes Part II: Constructing Feminist Socio-economic Ethics as Transformative Theology 5. Horizon, Bias and Specificity/Difference Analysis Related to Homeworking Horizon and Feminist Analysis Forms of Bias and the Obstruction of Transformation Specificity and Difference Conclusion Notes 6. Home Outside the Public Eye The Myth of Women's Place and Market Strategies Social Construction of Gender and "Race" Relations Implications for Socio-political Organization Some Foundational Elements of a Framework to Restructure Society Further Construction of an Integrative Framework Conclusion Notes 7. Discerning Elements for Socio-economic Ethics A Radical, Global Task Values as the Foundation for Alternate Choices Difference and Specificity as a Gift of God An Ethics of Integrity and Truth Relating Ethical Imperatives and Economic Possibilities Conclusion: Ethics, Sin and Grace Notes Conclusion Conclusion Location of Ethical Discourse and Norms of Justice Making Difference and Specificity Analysis Intrinsic to Theological Praxis Constructing Domestic Just Relations Global Relations of Solidarity to Counteract Global Relations of Injustice Integrating Images and Social Factors in Theological Endeavour Notes Bibliography Index
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