‘Labour Chains’: Analysing the Role of Labour Contractors in Global Production Networks

By S. Barrientos. 2013

294 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Strategy and Management

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In Political Science and International Relations

1. Arthur P. J. Mol
2. G. LeBaron
3. A. Crane
4. S. Bush
5. N. Phillips

In Public Administration

1. Arthur P. J. Mol
2. G. LeBaron
3. A. Crane
4. N. Phillips

In Strategy and Management

1. Arthur P. J. Mol
2. P. Oosterveer
3. G. LeBaron
4. Laya Behbahani
5. A. Crane
6. Megan Bailey
7. S. Bush
8. N. Phillips

Citations in the corpus

• International Labour Migration and Food Production in Rural Europe: A Review of the Evidence (2018, unknown): “Some scholars have taken a hostile stance towards agencies/ gangmasters equating their presence to the existence of ‘unfree’ labour (Barrientos 2013; Fudge and Strauss 2013; Strauss 2012).”
• Sustainability governance of chains and networks: a review and future outlook (2015, background): “As such, social and economic sustainability have also become outcomes of upgrading (Gereffi et al., 2001; Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002); a theme taken up in great detail through the Capturing the Gains Summit and network (e.g. Barrientos, 2013; Kaplinsky, 2000; Rossi et al., 2013).”
• Governance gaps in eradicating forced labor: from global to domestic supply chains (2019, background): “Although labor has rarely been consideredwithin the input-outputmodel of GVCs (for an exception, see Barrientos 2013), the role and importance of labor market intermediaries within the domestic economies of developed countries has been well documented by scholars of employment law (Peck & Theodore…”
• Unfree labour and adverse incorporation in the global economy: comparative perspectives on Brazil and India (2013, background): “Happily, both of these situations are beginning to change (e.g. Barrientos, 2011; Kothari, 2011; LeBaron, 2011; Lerche, 2007; McGrath, 2010; Phillips & Sakamoto, 2012).”