'Bridging the gap'? Public and private regulation of labour standards in apparel value chains in Brazil

Competition and Change

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 345-364

  Posthuma, Anne ^a   Bignami, Renato ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Labour and Employment   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apparel industry; Brazil; Compliance with labour standards; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Global production networks; Global value chains; Governance; Labour inspection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904701516     PISSN: 10245294     EISSN: 14772221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1024529414Z.00000000065     Document Type: Article

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