Garments without Guilt?

Global Labour Justice and Ethical Codes in Sri Lankan Apparels

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Sri Lanka's apparel sector holds an enviable place in the imaginary of its competitors for having a niche position amongst global retailers, given its claims of producing 'garments without guilt'. Exploitative labour conditions are not part of the industry's portfolio - ethicality, eco-friendly production and unblemished conditions of work are. Sri Lanka's transition away from a protracted ethnic war has meant that the industry portrays itself as investing in the former war zone to create jobs without reflection on how its vaunted mantle, the deployment of ethical codes effectively, themselves may be under duress. This book uses an analytical framing informed by labour and feminist perspectives to explore how labour struggles in the post-1977 period in Sri Lanka provided important resistance to capitalist processes and continue to shape the industry both within and outside of the shop floor. It studies contextual moments in the country's recent history to rupture the dominant narrative and record the centrality of labour in the success of the country's apparel industry.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-06-16
Mått158 x 236 x 18 mm
Vikt440 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108832014

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Acknowledgements; List of Published Works and Funders; List of Tables, Figures and Images; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Global Labour Justice via Ethical Codes; 2. Labouring for Apparels: Labour Geographies and Feminist Inflections; 3. Fieldwork: Prolonged Phases and Multiple Moments; 4. Clothing the World – Guilt Free? Sri Lanka's Apparel Landscape; 5. Neglected Labour Histories: the Sri Lankan State Responds to Labour; 6. Ethicality with a Blind Eye? Ethical Code Practices at Production Sites; 7. From War to Work: Ethicality Amidst Post-War Trauma? 8. Concluding Thoughts: Grounded Governance?; Appendix; References; Index.

'In Garments without Guilt? Dr Ruwanpura unpacks the global clothing industry's complexities as they play out in her home country, shining a nuanced light on ethical clothing initiatives in practice. Drawing on over 10 years of fieldwork, she highlights how Sri Lanka's better track record complying with health and safety codes compared to its South Asian neighbors is rooted as much in workers' movements and agency as it is in industry-led initiatives. Dr Ruwanpura also makes a compelling case that freedom of association, living wages, and humane treatment on the shop floor are ethical codes that remain a site of ongoing struggle.' Annelies Goger, Brookings Institution, Washington DC