04733nam 2200793Ia 450 991045398740332120200520144314.097866120471761-282-04717-51-4399-0114-7(CKB)1000000000725172(EBL)432898(OCoLC)808802956(SSID)ssj0000158143(PQKBManifestationID)11151241(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158143(PQKBWorkID)10146350(PQKB)10159957(SSID)ssj0000296847(PQKBManifestationID)11947346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296847(PQKBWorkID)10327218(PQKB)10271081(MiAaPQ)EBC432898(OCoLC)320898250(MdBmJHUP)muse15456(Au-PeEL)EBL432898(CaPaEBR)ebr10282733(CaONFJC)MIL204717(EXLCZ)99100000000072517220011213d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFree trade and uneven development[electronic resource] the North American apparel industry after NAFTA /edited by Gary Gereffi, David Spener, and Jennifer BairPhiladelphia Temple University Pressc20021 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56639-968-8 1-56639-967-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Part I: Analytical Overview; 1. Introduction: The Apparel Industry and North American Economic Integration; 2. NAFTA and the Apparel Commodity Chain: Corporate Strategies, Interfirm Networks, and Industrial Upgrading; Part II: The Changing Face of the Apparel Industry in the United States; 3. Subcontracting Networks int he New York City Garment Industry: Changing Characteristics in a Global Era; 4. The Impact of North American Economic Integration on the Los Angeles Apparel Industry5. The New Sweatshops in the United States: How New, How Real, How Many, and Why? 6. Labor's Response to Global Production; Part III: The U.S.-Mexico Border Region; 7. The Unraveling Seam: NAFTA and the Decline of the Apparel Industry in El Paso, Texas; 8. TexMex: Linkages in a a Binational Garment District: The Garment Industries in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; 9. Commodity Chains and Industrial Organization in the Apparel Industry in Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez; Part IV: Interior Mexico; 10. Torreon: The New Blue Jeans Capital of the World11. Learning and the Limits of Foreign Partners as Teachers 12. Knitting the Networks Between Mexican Producers and the U.S. Market; 13. Fragmented Markets, Elaborate Chains: The Retail Distribution of Imported Clothing in Mexico; Part V: Central America and the Caribbean; 14. When Does Apparel Become a Peril? On the Nature of Industrialization in the Caribbean Basin; 15. Can the Dominican Republic's Export-Processing Zones Survive NAFTA?; Part VI: Conclusion; 16. NAFTA and Uneven Development in the North American Apparel Industry; About the Contributors; IndexThis volume addresses many of the complex issues raised by North American integration through the lens of one of the largest and most global industries in the region: textiles and apparel. In part, this is a story of winners and losers in the globalization process, especially if one focuses on jobs lost and jobs gained in different countries and communities within North America, defined here as: Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. However, it would be a mistake to view the industry solely in these zerosum terms. The North American apparel industry is an excelClothing tradeNorth AmericaClothing tradeGovernment policyNorth AmericaTextile industryNorth AmericaTextile industryGovernment policyNorth AmericaFree tradeNorth AmericaElectronic books.Clothing tradeClothing tradeGovernment policyTextile industryTextile industryGovernment policyFree trade382/.45687/097Gereffi Gary125006Spener David1961-984228Bair Jennifer1973-873971MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453987403321Free trade and uneven development2485559UNINA