Search Results - "Bangladesh"

Broken promises of globalization : the case of the Bangladesh garment industry / by Rahman, Shahidur

Table of Contents: “…Bangladesh: a long history of vulnerability -- Garments industry: an unchartered territory in an impoverished country -- Defining vulnerability: a case study -- Welfare committee or trade union: does it matter? …”
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Skill formation regimes in south Asia a comparative study on the path-dependent development of technical and vocational education and training for the garment industry / by Maurer, Markus

Table of Contents: “…Sri Lanka -- pt. D Bangladesh -- pt. E. Final part -- pt. F. Annexes.…”
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Where am I wearing? a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes / by Timmerman, Kelsey, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: We have it made -- A consumer goes global -- Tattoo's tropical paradise -- Fake blood, sweat, and tears : anti-sweatshop protestors -- Jingle these -- Undercover in the underwear biz -- Bangladesh amusement park -- Inside my first sweatshop -- Child labor in action -- Arifa, the garment worker -- Hope -- No black and white, only green -- (Update for revised edition) Hungry for choices -- Labor day -- Year zero -- Those who wear Levi's -- Those who make Levi's -- Blue jean machine -- Progress -- Treasure and trash -- (Update for revised edition) The faces of crisis -- PO'ed VP -- Life at the bottom -- Growing pains -- The real China -- On a budget -- An all-American Chinese Walmart -- The Chinese fantasy -- (Update for revised edition) Migration -- For richer, for poorer -- (Update for revised edition) Restarting, again -- Return to fantasy island -- Amilcar's journey -- An American dream -- Touron goes glocal -- Appendix A: Discussion questions -- Appendix B: Note to freshman me -- Appendix C: Where are you teaching? …”
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