This article starts with the recognition that labour has received less than its fair share of
empirical and analytical attention in scholarship on global production networks. Little is …

Labour geography foregrounds the role of workers in shaping geographies of work by
paying attention to the larger actions of labour in response to the capital and state. It …

Social protection has emerged as a key driver of development policy at the beginning of the
twenty‐first century. It is widely considered a 'good thing'that has the potential not only to …

Economic geographers tout social upgrading via economic upgrading as a path that
engenders labour conditions, while labour geographers underscore the inherent …

This article explores the variegated nature of processes of neoliberalisation and their
diverse impacts on relations of caste and dependency in rural India. Focusing on the rural …

Taking a historical perspective, this paper explores the phasing out of 'bonded'labour in
agriculture and its reappearance in the village-based power-loom industry in the Tiruppur …

The article considers narratives and experiences of love marriage in the garment city of
Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, South India. As a booming centre of garment production, Tiruppur …

Examining women's choices around paid work in south India, this article shows the need to
pay greater attention to the sphere of reproduction, and in particular the way that women …

Feminist scholarship has often focused on gendered workspaces within the apparel sector,
where it is taken for granted that it is work conventionally attracting neophyte women. Within …

Clusters are more often viewed not only as one of the means for small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) to achieve competitive advantage through clustering but also as link that …