Bangladesh: a long history of vulnerability -- Garments industry: an unchartered territory in an impoverished country -- Defining vulnerability: a case study -- Welfare committee or trade union: does it matter? -- Challenges and responses -- The dilemma of government -- Roadmap ahead
Summary
Broken Promises of Globalization: The Case of the Bangladesh Garment Industry contributes to the contemporary debate on the limits and possibilities of globalization to the global south. It examines how a Least Developing Country is dealing with both domestic and external pressures in its response to neo-liberalization