Labour Control and Union Agency in Global Production Networks: A Case Study of the Bangalore Export-garment...

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Tatiana López

Labour Control and Union Agency in Global Production Networks

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A Case Study of the Bangalore Export-garment Cluster

Tatiana López

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English

Springer International Publishing AG
16 March 2023

Economics; Tourism industry; Hospitality industry; Human geography; Economic geography

Series: Economic Geography

This book puts Indian garment workers and their organisations at the centre of the analysis. Taking the Bangalore export-garment cluster as a case study, the book explores the conditions that enable but also constrain the capacities of garment workers’ unions to build collective power vis-à-vis employers and thereby improve their conditions. Drawing on theoretical concepts from labour geography, relational economic geography, and Global Production Network (GPN) analysis, the book highlights, on the one hand, how the complex labour control regime in the Bangalore export-garment cluster poses manifold challenges and constraints for workers’ and unions’ collective agency. On the other hand, the book illustrates the various networked agency strategies that local garment unions in Bangalore have developed over the years to overcome these constraints by tapping into coalitional power resources from worker, consumer and labour rights organisations in the Global North.

This book is therefore highly relevant for economic geographers and other scholars interested in dynamics of labour and development in GPNs as well as for unionists and labour rights activists committed to improving working conditions in the global garment industry.

This is an open access book.

By: Tatiana López
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2023
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9783031273896
ISBN 10: 3031273893
Series: Economic Geography
Pages: 313
Publication Date: 16 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Introduction.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part II: Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 2. Situating This Study Within Geographical Debates On Labour In Gpns.- Chapter 3. A Relational, Practice-Oriented Approach To Labour Control Regimes And Union Agency In Gpns.- Part III: Research Design & Methodology.- Chapter 4. Research Design & Methodology.- Part IV: Introduction Of Empirical Case.- Chapter 5. Situating The Bangalore Export Cluster Within The Garment Gpn.- Part V: Empirical Analysis.- Chapter 6. Labour Control Regime In The Bangalore Export Garment Cluster.- Chapter 7. Union Agency In The Bangalore Export Garment Cluster.- Part VI: Theoretical Contributions And Conclusion.- Chapter 8. Theoretical Contributions Of This Study.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Lessons For Building Sustained Union Power In Garment Production Countries.