Most Americans say they will pay more for clothes not made in sweatshops. Is this just talk, or will they actually put their money where their mouth is? An in-store test of consumer behavior turns up some surprising results.
References
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ElliottKimberly AnnFreemanRichard B.. Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization? (Institute for International Economics, 2003). An assessment of the potential of different approaches to the struggle against sweatshops, published by a Washington think tank that supports trade liberalization but recognizes the need for a “social dimension” to international economic integration.
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EsbenshadeJill. Monitoring Sweatshops: Workers, Consumers and the Global Apparel Industry (Temple University Press, 2004). Explores and assesses the recent proliferation of approaches to monitoring working conditions and worker rights in this industry.
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FriedmanMonroe. Consumer Boycotts: Effecting Change Through the Marketplace and the Media (Routledge, 1999). A general overview of the history and contemporary practice of boycotts as a means of supporting various social causes.
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PrasadMonicaKimeldorfHowardMeyerRachelRobinsonIan. “Consumers of the World Unite: A Market-Based Approach to Sweatshops,”Labor Studies Journal (Fall 2004): 57–79. More details on the first experimental phase of this project and a discussion of its relevance for a market-based approach to sweatshops.
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RossRobert S. J.. Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops (University of Michigan Press, 2004). Analyzes the causes of the renewal of sweatshop production and what can be done to address it. Well-documented and reasoned, and written in an accessible style from an activist standpoint.
