Labor, Global Supply Chains, and the Garment Industry in South Asia: Bangladesh after Rana Plaza

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Half Title
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
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List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction: how do we understand the Rana Plaza disaster and what needs to be done to prevent future tragedies
PART I: Leading to the disaster
	2 The longue durée and the promise of export-led development: readymade garment manufacturing in Bangladesh
	3 Off the radar: subcontracting in Bangladesh’s RMG industry
PART II: Dealing with the aftermath
	4 Opportunities and limitations of the Accord: need for a worker organizing model
	5 Does third-party monitoring improve labour rights? The case of Cambodia
	6 Spaces of exception: national interest and the labor of sedition
PART III: Rethinking solutions in Bangladesh
	7 Bangladesh’s private sector: beyond tragedies and challenges
	8 Post-Rana Plaza responses: changing role of the Bangladeshi government
	9 Behaviour of the buyers and suppliers in the post-Rana Plaza period: a decent work perspective
PART IV: Rethinking solutions: from an international perspective
	10 Can place-based network contracting foster decent work in informal segments of global garment chains? Lessons from Mewat, India
	11 Emerging solutions to the global labor transparency problem
	12 Fast fashion, production targets, and gender-based violence in Asian garment supply chains
PART V: A way forward
	13 The evolving politics of labor standards in Bangladesh: taking stock and looking forward
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