Giovanna Fullin (Italy University of Milano-Bicocca)

Front-Line Workers in the Global Service Economy

Overshadowed and Overstretched in the Fast Fashion World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Following three years of field work with front-line retail workers and unionists in New York City and Milan, this book investigates both the lived experiences of salespersons in the â fast fashionâ industry as well as the possibilities of collective action and structured forms of resistance to these global trends.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 227mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9781032005591
• ISBN-10: 1032005599
• Artikelnr.: 61287612

Autorenporträt

Giovanna Fullin is an Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Research at University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Macro Trends and Micro Features of Retail Work 2. Two
Different Institutional Settings 3. Who Are Mass Fashion Workers and What
Do They Do? 4. Do Institutions Matter in Workers' Lived Experiences? 5.
Working with Customers 6. Representing Retail Work, Anti-Union Strategies,
and Worker Centers 7. Conclusions