Reverse Subsidies in Global Monopsony Capitalism: Gender, Labour, and Environmental Injustice in Garment Value Chains (Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains). Cet article n’est pas disponible.Reverse Subsidies in Global Monopsony Capitalism: Gender, Labour, and Environmental Injustice in Garment Value Chains (Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains)

This book provides a firm analytical base to discussions about injustice and the unequal distribution of gains from global production in the form of global monopsony capitalism. It utilizes the concept of reverse subsidies as the purchase of gendered labour and environmental services below their costs of production in garment value chains in India and other garment producing countries, such as Bangladesh and Cambodia. Environmental services, such as freshwater for garment manufacture and land for cotton production, are degraded by overuse and untreated waste disposal. The resulting higher profits from the low prices of garments are captured by global brands, using their monopsony position, with few buyers and myriad sellers, in the market. This book links the concept of reverse subsidies with those of injustice, inequality and sustainability in global production.

Dev Nathan is Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi; and Research Director at the GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation, Haryana, India. His research interests range from the nature of global production to development issues of indigenous peoples and gender relations. He co-authored the book Witch Hunts: Culture, Patriarchy and Structural Transformation (2020).

Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee is a lawyer and researcher focused on migration, supply chains, gender, caste and race in the global economy. She has conducted research and advocacy in collaboration with global institutions like Human Rights Watch, the International Labour Organization and Global Labour Justice-International Labor Rights Forum.

S. Rahul teaches at the School of Management and Labour Studies of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His professional interests are aligned in social analytics and research especially in the areas of developmental research, labour market and global value chains.

Purushottam Kumar is a researcher and currently working as a senior program manager with Society for Labour and Development, New Delhi. His research focuses on labour rights in the global value chains of the leather, garment and seafood processing industries.

Immanuel Dahaghani is a research consultant from Chennai whose work is focused on labour rights and labour welfare in garments, leather and automobile sectors. He has worked with the Society for Labour and Development (SLD) and the Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA).