Globalisation and poverty: Impacts on households of employment and restructuring in the Textiles industry of South Africa

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-565

  Bezuidenhout, Andries ^a   Khunou, Grace ^a   Mosoetsa, Sarah ^a   Sutherland, Kirsten ^b   Thoburn, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Households; Poverty; South Africa; Textiles; Trade liberalisation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; POVERTY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547153730     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1308     Document Type: Article

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