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Challenging the Chip [[electronic resource] ] : Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry
| Challenging the Chip [[electronic resource] ] : Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry |
| Autore | Pellow David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.36
331.7/621381 331.7621381 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SonnenfeldDavid
SmithTed |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic industries
Employee rights Environmental justice Globalization Internationality Health Personnel Management Toxic Actions Physics Human Rights Population Characteristics Organization and Administration Social Control, Formal Chemical Actions and Uses Natural Science Disciplines Social Sciences Sociology Health Services Administration Health Care Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Chemicals and Drugs Health Care Economics and Organizations Disciplines and Occupations Civil Rights Electronics Employee Grievances Environmental Pollutants International Cooperation Occupational Health Business & Economics Industries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-09390-4
9786611093907 1-59213-331-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword: Technology Happens; Acknowledgments; 1 The Quest for Sustainability and Justice in a High-Tech World; I. GLOBAL ELECTRONICS; 2 The Changing Map of Global Electronics: Networks of Mass Production in the New Economy; 3 Occupational Health in the Semiconductor Industry; 4 Double Jeopardy: Gender and Migration in Electronics Manufacturing; 5 "Made in China": Electronics Workers in the World's FastestGrowing Economy; 6 Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry; 7 Electronics Workers in India
8 Out of the Shadows and into the Gloom? Worker and Community Health in and around Centraland Eastern Europe's Semiconductor PlantsII. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LABOR RIGHTS; 9 From Grassroots to Global: The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition's Milestones inBuilding a Movement for Corporate Accountabilityand Sustainability in the High-Tech Industry; 10 The Struggle for Occupational Health in Silicon Valley: A Conversation with Amanda Hawes; 11 Immigrant Workers in Two Eras: Struggles and Successes in Silicon Valley 12 Worker Health at National Semiconductor, Greenock (Scotland): Freedom to Kill?13 Community-Based Organizing for Labor Rights, Health, and the Environment: Television Manufacturing on the Mexico-U.S. Border; 14 Labor Rights and Occupational Health in Jalisco's Electronics Industry (Mexico); 15 Breaking the Silicon Silence: Voicing Health and Environmental Impacts withinTaiwan's Hsinchu Science Park; 16 Human Lives Valued Less Than Dirt: Former RCA Workers Contaminated by PollutionFighting Worldwide for Justice (Taiwan); 17 Unionizing Electronics: The Need for New Strategies III. ELECTRONIC WASTE AND EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY18 The Electronics Production Life Cycle: From Toxics to Sustainability: Getting Off theToxic Treadmill; 19 High-Tech Pollution in Japan: Growing Problems, Alternative Solutions; 20 High-Tech's Dirty Little Secret: The Economics and Ethics of theElectronic Waste Trade; 21 Hi-Tech Heaps, Forsaken Lives: E-Waste in Delhi; 22 Importing Extended Producer Responsibility for Electronic Equipment into the United States; 23 International Environmental Agreements and the Information Technology Industry 24 Design Change in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Impacts of Extended ProducerResponsibility Legislation in Swedenand Japan25 ToxicDude.com: The Dell Campaign; Appendix A: Principles of Environmental Justice; Appendix B: The Silicon Principles of Socially and EnvironmentallyResponsible Electronics Manufacturing; Appendix C: Sample Shareholder Resolutions; Appendix D: Computer TakeBack Campaign Statement of Principles; Appendix E: Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship; Acronyms Used; References; Resources; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450830303321 |
Pellow David
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenging the Chip [[electronic resource] ] : Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry
| Challenging the Chip [[electronic resource] ] : Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry |
| Autore | Pellow David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.36
331.7/621381 331.7621381 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SonnenfeldDavid Allan
SmithTed |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic industries
Employee rights Environmental justice Globalization Internationality Health Personnel Management Toxic Actions Physics Human Rights Population Characteristics Organization and Administration Social Control, Formal Chemical Actions and Uses Natural Science Disciplines Social Sciences Sociology Health Services Administration Health Care Health Care Economics and Organizations Occupations Civil Rights Electronics Employee Grievances Environmental Pollutants International Cooperation Occupational Health Business & Economics Industries |
| ISBN |
1-281-09390-4
9786611093907 1-59213-331-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword: Technology Happens; Acknowledgments; 1 The Quest for Sustainability and Justice in a High-Tech World; I. GLOBAL ELECTRONICS; 2 The Changing Map of Global Electronics: Networks of Mass Production in the New Economy; 3 Occupational Health in the Semiconductor Industry; 4 Double Jeopardy: Gender and Migration in Electronics Manufacturing; 5 "Made in China": Electronics Workers in the World's FastestGrowing Economy; 6 Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry; 7 Electronics Workers in India
8 Out of the Shadows and into the Gloom? Worker and Community Health in and around Centraland Eastern Europe's Semiconductor PlantsII. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LABOR RIGHTS; 9 From Grassroots to Global: The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition's Milestones inBuilding a Movement for Corporate Accountabilityand Sustainability in the High-Tech Industry; 10 The Struggle for Occupational Health in Silicon Valley: A Conversation with Amanda Hawes; 11 Immigrant Workers in Two Eras: Struggles and Successes in Silicon Valley 12 Worker Health at National Semiconductor, Greenock (Scotland): Freedom to Kill?13 Community-Based Organizing for Labor Rights, Health, and the Environment: Television Manufacturing on the Mexico-U.S. Border; 14 Labor Rights and Occupational Health in Jalisco's Electronics Industry (Mexico); 15 Breaking the Silicon Silence: Voicing Health and Environmental Impacts withinTaiwan's Hsinchu Science Park; 16 Human Lives Valued Less Than Dirt: Former RCA Workers Contaminated by PollutionFighting Worldwide for Justice (Taiwan); 17 Unionizing Electronics: The Need for New Strategies III. ELECTRONIC WASTE AND EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY18 The Electronics Production Life Cycle: From Toxics to Sustainability: Getting Off theToxic Treadmill; 19 High-Tech Pollution in Japan: Growing Problems, Alternative Solutions; 20 High-Tech's Dirty Little Secret: The Economics and Ethics of theElectronic Waste Trade; 21 Hi-Tech Heaps, Forsaken Lives: E-Waste in Delhi; 22 Importing Extended Producer Responsibility for Electronic Equipment into the United States; 23 International Environmental Agreements and the Information Technology Industry 24 Design Change in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Impacts of Extended ProducerResponsibility Legislation in Swedenand Japan25 ToxicDude.com: The Dell Campaign; Appendix A: Principles of Environmental Justice; Appendix B: The Silicon Principles of Socially and EnvironmentallyResponsible Electronics Manufacturing; Appendix C: Sample Shareholder Resolutions; Appendix D: Computer TakeBack Campaign Statement of Principles; Appendix E: Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship; Acronyms Used; References; Resources; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784275403321 |
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Pellow David
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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