Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Monitoring, Sweatshops, and Labor Relations 1 (12)
1 The Rise and Fall of the Social Contract in the Apparel Industry 13 (20)
2 The Social-Accountability Contract 33 (27)
3 Private Monitoring in Practice 60 (29)
4 Weaknesses and Conflicts in Private Monitoring 89 (30)
5 The Development of International Monitoring 119 (26)
6 Examining International Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Efforts 145 (20)
7 The Struggle for Independent Monitoring 165 (33)
Conclusion: Workers, Consumers, and Independent Monitoring 198 (11)
Appendix 1: Confessions of a Sweatshop Monitor by Joshua Samuel Brown 209 (5)
Appendix 2: Research Methods 214 (5)
Appendix 3: List of Interviews 219 (7)
Appendix 4: Acronyms and Abbreviations 226 (3)
Notes 229 (20)
References 249 (12)
Index 261
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Monitoring, Sweatshops, and Labor Relations 1 (12)
1 The Rise and Fall of the Social Contract in the Apparel Industry 13 (20)
2 The Social-Accountability Contract 33 (27)
3 Private Monitoring in Practice 60 (29)
4 Weaknesses and Conflicts in Private Monitoring 89 (30)
5 The Development of International Monitoring 119 (26)
6 Examining International Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Efforts 145 (20)
7 The Struggle for Independent Monitoring 165 (33)
Conclusion: Workers, Consumers, and Independent Monitoring 198 (11)
Appendix 1: Confessions of a Sweatshop Monitor by Joshua Samuel Brown 209 (5)
Appendix 2: Research Methods 214 (5)
Appendix 3: List of Interviews 219 (7)
Appendix 4: Acronyms and Abbreviations 226 (3)
Notes 229 (20)
References 249 (12)
Index 261