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Stephanie Barrientos
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 98
Citations - 5221
Stephanie Barrientos is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ethical trade & Globalization. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 96 publications receiving 4698 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephanie Barrientos include University of Sussex & Center for Global Development.
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Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: A new paradigm for a changing world
TL;DR: This paper developed a framework for analysing the linkages between the economic upgrading of firms and the social upgrading of workers, with a particular focus on the Moroccan garment industry, to provide a better understanding of the relationship between economic and social upgrading.
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Do workers benefit from ethical trade? Assessing codes of labour practice in global production systems
Stephanie Barrientos,Sally Smith +1 more
TL;DR: Corporate codes of labour practice have proliferated as a result of trade union and ngo campaigns against poor labour conditions in global production as discussed by the authors, but they have led to improvements in outcome standards but little change in process rights for workers.
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A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the gender sensitivity of codes currently applied in the African export horticulture sector from an analytical perspective that combines global value chain and gendered economy approaches, and developed a "gender pyramid" which provides a framework for mapping and assessing the gender content of codes of conduct.
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‘Labour Chains’: Analysing the role of labour contractors in global production networks
TL;DR: The authors argue that third party labour contractors are increasingly prevalent in global production networks (GPNs) and can provide a channel for new forms of unfree labour, and argue for extending liability of all commercial actors across global boundaries.
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Squaring the circle: global production and the informalization of work in South African fruit exports
TL;DR: In South Africa, the use of contract labour on fruit farms has been shown to increase the risk and vulnerability of workers to poverty as mentioned in this paper, while increasing the quality and labour standards.