Towards Better Work

Dennis Arnold, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Jennifer Bair, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Thomas Bernhardt, New School for Social Research Resmi P. Bhaskaran, development economist Drusilla Brown, Tufts University, USA Upendranadh Choragudi, ActionAid International Rejeev Dehejia, New York University, USA Gary Gereffi, Duke University, USA Shane Godfrey, University of Cape Town, South Africa Stephanie Kuttner, Gender and Social Development Consultant Amy Luinstra, IFC's Sustainable Business Advisory department Frederick Mayer, Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, USA Doug Miller, University of Northumbria, UK Dev Nathan, Duke University, USA Nicola Phillips, University of Sheffield, UK John Pickles, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Kelly Pike, York University, Canada Leonhard Plank, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Richard Record, World Bank's Southeast Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management team Raymond Robertson, Macalester College, USA Arianna Rossi, ILO/IFC Better Work Programme Cornelia Staritz, Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE) Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead

• Introduction PART I 1. Re-embedding the Market: Global Apparel Value Chains, Governance and Decent Work; Frederick Mayer and John Pickles 2. Economic and Social Upgrading of Developing Countries in the Global Apparel Sector: Insights from Using a Parsimonious Measurement Approach; Thomas Bernhardt 3. How 'Fair' Are Wage Practices along the Supply Chain? A Global Assessment; Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead 4. Regulating the 'Wage Effort Bargain' in Outsourced Apparel Production: Towards a Model; Doug Miller PART II 5. What Does 'Fast Fashion' Mean for Workers?Apparel Production in Morocco and Romania; Leonhard Plank, Arianna Rossi and Cornelia Staritz 6. Voting with Their Feet? Explaining High Turnover and Low Productivity in the Lao Garment Sector; Richard Record, Stephanie Kuttner and Kabmanivanh Phouxay 7. Vulnerable Workers and Labour Standards (Non-)Compliance in Global Production Networks: Home-Based Child Labour in Delhi's Garment Sector; Resmi Bhaskaran, Dev Nathan, Nicola Phillips andC. Upendranadh 8. Workers' Perceptions of Compliance with Labour Standards: Assessing Opportunities and Challenges for Better Work in Lesotho's Apparel Sector; Kelly Pike and Shane Godfrey 9. Workers' Agency and Power Relations in Cambodia's Garment Industry; Dennis Arnold 10.Factory Decisions to Become Noncompliant with Labor Standards: Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia; Drusilla Brown, Rajeev Dehejia and Raymond Robertson 11.Towards Better Work in Central America: Nicaragua and the CAFTA Context; Jennifer Bair and Gary Gereffi Conclusions

"This book presents a timely contribution to ongoing debates on the nature of employment and working conditions within global export industries. It provides rich insights into the dynamics of labour and working conditions within the highly fragmented and internationally dispersed global apparel industry. ... The book is organized into two main parts which skilfully balance theoretical perspectives with insightful empirical evidence." (Roseline Wanjiru, Work, employment and society, Vol. 30 (2), May, 2016)