Event Title
Slender Threads: Labor Rights, Consumer Boycotts, and Global Strategies
Location
Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center – Room 256
Session
Session Three - Global Strategies: Consumers, the State, and Labor Rights
Start Date
17-10-2009 12:30 PM
End Date
17-10-2009 2:30 PM
Description
This paper draws on contemporary social movement theories to question some of the underlying assumptions of consumer-based transnational strategies, drawing on examples from southern Africa and Latin America. While consumer-based strategies have certainly raised global awareness of labor issues, the paper raises questions about the limitations of the approach.
Slender Threads: Labor Rights, Consumer Boycotts, and Global Strategies
Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center – Room 256
This paper draws on contemporary social movement theories to question some of the underlying assumptions of consumer-based transnational strategies, drawing on examples from southern Africa and Latin America. While consumer-based strategies have certainly raised global awareness of labor issues, the paper raises questions about the limitations of the approach.