Shaming the corporation: The social production of targets and the anti-sweatshop movement

American Sociological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 653-679

  Bartley, Tim ^a   Child, Curtis ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global commodity chains; Labor rights; Organizational theory; Social movements; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LABOR RELATIONS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84921031830     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414540653     Document Type: Article

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