Private regulation of labor standards in global supply chains since the 1990s -- Behavioral invisibility: the reliability of supplier data and the unique role of audit consultants -- Practice multiplicity and labor practices in global supply chains -- Causal complexity: the vari…
The garment market and the marketplace -- Governing La Salada -- With god and the devil -- All I want is a sweatshop -- The garment entrepreneur at La Salada -- Dynamics of aspirations -- Narratives of sacrifice and autonomy -- Taste, credit, and bullets -- Squatters, cart-pulle…
Machine generated contents note: 1. Global Cities, Climate Change and Transnational Lawmaking; 2. Theoretical Framework; 3. The Rise of the City in International Affairs; 4. City Action on Climate Change; 5. Transnational Urban Climate Governance via Networks - the case of C40; …
The handbook of globalisation
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