Beyond Sweatshops: Foreign Direct Investment and Globalization in Developing Countries

by Theodore H. Moran

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Images of sweatshop labor in developing countries have rallied opponents of globalization against foreign direct investment (FDI). The controversy is most acute over the treatment of low-skilled workers producing garments, footwear, toys, and sports equipment in foreign-owned plants or the plants of subcontractors. Activists cite low wages, poor working conditions, and a variety of economic, physical, and sexual abuses among the negative consequences...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815706154

ISBN13:9780815706151

Release Date:June 2002

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"

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