A conveyor belt of flesh: urban space and proliferation of the industrial labor practices in Istanbul's garment industry

"The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the worldwide (re)emergence of the non-factory forms of industrial labor. Academic studies predominantly emphasize the economic and political globalization to explain this phenomenon. This thesis investigates the local urban dynamics of this `...

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Main Author: Balaban, Utku
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Istanbul 2011
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19134130124919523129-a-conveyor-belt-of-flesh-urban.htm
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Summary:"The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the worldwide (re)emergence of the non-factory forms of industrial labor. Academic studies predominantly emphasize the economic and political globalization to explain this phenomenon. This thesis investigates the local urban dynamics of this `proliferation of the industrial labor practices' with a field research in Istanbul, Turkey."
Physical Description:335 p.
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