Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains

Carolina Bank Muñoz; Bridget Kenny; Antonio Stecher

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Carolina Bank Muñoz , Bridget Kenny and Antonio Stecher

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Bank Muñoz, Carolina, Kenny, Bridget and Stecher, Antonio. "Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains". Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains, edited by Carolina Bank Muñoz, Bridget Kenny and Antonio Stecher, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2018, pp. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.7560/315675-002

Bank Muñoz, C., Kenny, B. & Stecher, A. (2018). Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains. In C. Bank Muñoz, B. Kenny & A. Stecher (Ed.), Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains (pp. 1-28). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/315675-002

Bank Muñoz, C., Kenny, B. and Stecher, A. 2018. Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains. In: Bank Muñoz, C., Kenny, B. and Stecher, A. ed. Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.7560/315675-002

Bank Muñoz, Carolina, Kenny, Bridget and Stecher, Antonio. "Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains" In Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains edited by Carolina Bank Muñoz, Bridget Kenny and Antonio Stecher, 1-28. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7560/315675-002

Bank Muñoz C, Kenny B, Stecher A. Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains. In: Bank Muñoz C, Kenny B, Stecher A (ed.) Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2018. p.1-28. https://doi.org/10.7560/315675-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains 1
Chapter 1. Walmart in Brazil: From Global Diffusion to National Institutional Embeddedness 29
Chapter 2. Walmart and Labor Conditions in South Africa: Local Retailing, Contract Labor, and Union Challenges 64
Chapter 3. Walmart Workers in Chile: A Case of Union Democracy, Militancy, and Strategic Capacity 87
Chapter 4. Rank-and-File Union Activism in Walmart Argentina 118
Chapter 5. Walmart Culture in the Information Technologies Industry in Mexico 150
Chapter 6. Walmart’s Direct Farmer Program in South Africa: Developmental State Victory or Corporate Whitewash? 181
Chapter 7. Brokering Development: NGOs and Walmart in Nicaragua 199
Chapter 8. Walmart’s Human Traffi cking Problem: The Shrimp Supply Chain in Thailand 222
Final Reflections 242
Contributors 252
Index 255

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains 1
Chapter 1. Walmart in Brazil: From Global Diffusion to National Institutional Embeddedness 29
Chapter 2. Walmart and Labor Conditions in South Africa: Local Retailing, Contract Labor, and Union Challenges 64
Chapter 3. Walmart Workers in Chile: A Case of Union Democracy, Militancy, and Strategic Capacity 87
Chapter 4. Rank-and-File Union Activism in Walmart Argentina 118
Chapter 5. Walmart Culture in the Information Technologies Industry in Mexico 150
Chapter 6. Walmart’s Direct Farmer Program in South Africa: Developmental State Victory or Corporate Whitewash? 181
Chapter 7. Brokering Development: NGOs and Walmart in Nicaragua 199
Chapter 8. Walmart’s Human Traffi cking Problem: The Shrimp Supply Chain in Thailand 222
Final Reflections 242
Contributors 252
Index 255

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