| Description |
1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Agents and Methods of Social Change in the Global Economy / Sky Croeser -- 2. The Right to Organize, Living Wage, and Real Change for Garment Workers / Theresa Haas -- 3. Waste for Life: Poverty-Reducing Technologies for Repurposing Waste at the Margins / Eric Feinblatt -- 4. From Toxic to Green: Turning Mountains of E-Waste into Green Jobs / Bharati Chaturvedi -- 5. Social Justice as Fairness in the Global Food System / Ralph Early -- 6. Challenging Labor: Working Conditions in the Electronics Industry / Kristina Areskog Bjurling -- 7. Global Supply Chains: Struggle Within or Against Them? / Fahmi Panimbang -- 8. Increased Visibility for Marginalized Voices in the Production and Consumption of First Nations Media / Sky Croeser -- 9. Reflections on Lessons for Social Change / Shae Garwood |
| Summary |
In the face of globalization's massive social and economic transformations, activists, labor organizers, and advocacy NGOs are seeking and creating change beyond the confines of formal state politics and across national borders. This book presents concrete examples of different strategies for social change. Garwood, Uni of WA & Croeser, Curtin Uni |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social change.
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Globalization.
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globalism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Globalization
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Social change
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Samhällsförändring.
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Globalisering.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0739187759 |
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9780739187753 |
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0739187767 |
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9780739187760 |
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9781306258999 |
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1306258995 |
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