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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
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