Beyond Sweatshops: Foreign Direct Investment and Globalization in Developing Countries

by Theodore H. Moran

Book Overview

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Images of sweatshop labor in developing countries have rallied opponents of globalization against foreign direct investment (FDI). The controversy is most acute over the treatment of low-skilled workers producing garments, footwear, toys, and sports equipment in foreign-owned plants or the plants of subcontractors. Activists cite low wages, poor working conditions, and a variety of economic, physical, and sexual abuses among the negative consequences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815706154
• ISBN13: 9780815706151
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"