Kanchana N. Ruwanpura

Garments without Guilt? (eBook, PDF)

Global Labour Justice and Ethical Codes in Sri Lankan Apparels

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Produktbeschreibung

Sri Lanka''s apparel sector holds an enviable place in the imaginary of its competitors for having a niche position amongst global retailers, given its claims of producing ''garments without guilt''. Exploitative labour conditions are not part of the industry''s portfolio - ethicality, eco-friendly production and unblemished conditions of work are. Sri Lanka''s transition away from a protracted ethnic war has meant that the industry portrays itself as investing in the former war zone to create jobs without reflection on how its vaunted mantle, the deployment of ethical codes effectively, themselves may be under duress. This book uses an analytical framing informed by labour and feminist perspectives to explore how labour struggles in the post-1977 period in Sri Lanka provided important resistance to capitalist processes and continue to shape the industry both within and outside of the shop floor. It studies contextual moments in the country''s recent history to rupture the dominant narrative and record the centrality of labour in the success of the country''s apparel industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009032315
• Artikelnr.: 70908238

Autorenporträt

Kanchana Ruwanpura is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Gothenburg. She was previously Reader at the Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh. Her focus areas for both research and teaching are uneven development, environmental debates, research ethics and feminist politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Published Works and Funders
List of Tables, Figures and Images
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Global Labour Justice via Ethical Codes
2. Labouring for Apparels: Labour Geographies and Feminist Inflections
3. Fieldwork: Prolonged Phases and Multiple Moments
4. Clothing the World - Guilt Free? Sri Lanka's Apparel Landscape
5. Neglected Labour Histories: the Sri Lankan State Responds to Labour
6. Ethicality with a Blind Eye? Ethical Code Practices at Production Sites
7. From War to Work: Ethicality Amidst Post-War Trauma? 8. Concluding Thoughts: Grounded Governance?
Appendix
References
Index.