The Dirty Side of the Garment Industry - Anguelov, Nikolay
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The textile industry is currently one of the biggest industries practicing labor violations and use of environmentally hazardous processes. This book presents an expert overview of the garment industry, highlighting the harsh realities of the environmental and labor problems that are associated with it. The book covers current regulatory policies, both national and international, on production and labor, and the author does not shy away from making recommendations for change. You will come away with a detailed, holistic understanding of the garment industry as well as clarity regarding the…mehr

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The textile industry is currently one of the biggest industries practicing labor violations and use of environmentally hazardous processes. This book presents an expert overview of the garment industry, highlighting the harsh realities of the environmental and labor problems that are associated with it. The book covers current regulatory policies, both national and international, on production and labor, and the author does not shy away from making recommendations for change. You will come away with a detailed, holistic understanding of the garment industry as well as clarity regarding the larger issue of finding balance when it comes to the ethics of consumption.
Autorenporträt
Nikolay Anguelov is a professor of economic development in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He oversees the graduate certificate and concentration in Public Management for the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program as well as service the research-intensive policy analysis curriculum for the department. Dr. Anguelov is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work focuses on the adjacencies between economics, politics and diplomacy. His research focus is a product of his private sector experience in international trade. As an alumnus of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Dr. Anguelov started his career in the private sector of fashion and home product international commerce where he eventually started his own successful business. Those experiences define his attention to the role policy plays in creating economic incentives both domestically and internationally. Dr. Anguelov is also the author Policy and Political Theory In Trade Practice: Multinational Corporations and Global Governments (2014) and Economic Sanctions Vs. Soft Power: Lessons From Myanmar, North Korea and the Middle East (2015) both published by Palgrave Macmillan.