Safeguarding labour in distant factories: Health and safety governance in an electronics global production network

Geoforum

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-31

  Raj Reichert, Gale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic industry; Global production network; Governance; Governmentality; Health and safety; Malaysia; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MANUFACTURING; SAFETY;

MALAYSIA; PENANG; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84872499126     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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