Research Repository
Trade and inequality: Australia's textile, clothing and footwear industries, 1986-1996
Webber, M J and Weller, Sally Anne (2001) Trade and inequality: Australia's textile, clothing and footwear industries, 1986-1996. Journal of Economic Geography, 1 (4). pp. 381-403. ISSN 1468-2702
Full text for this resource is not available from the Research Repository.Abstract
Beginning in the mid 1980s, the Australian government cut protection of the Australian textile, clothing, and footwear sector, while the global TCF industry was embracing a new form of organization, the commodity chain. Some Australian TCF producers were forced out of business, but others followed a variety of strategies, thereby restructuring the TCF labour force. In a process structured by age, gender, and ethnicity, skilled and semi‐skilled production jobs have been lost, partially replaced by jobs in design, marketing, and management. Factory jobs in Australia have been replaced by outwork in Australia and factory jobs in the Pacific Rim. These restructurings have contributed to increased occupational inequality within theTCF sector.
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Uncontrolled Keywords: | textiles and clothing, Australian textiles, Australian clothing, Australian footwear sector, TCF, TCF industry, Australian TCF, trade |
Subjects: | Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) Current > FOR Classification > 1401 Economic Theory |
Depositing User: | . VUIR |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2011 04:27 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2020 01:39 |
URI: | http://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/15960 |
ePrint Statistics: | View download statistics for this item |
Citations in Scopus: | 13 - View on Scopus |
Repository staff only
![]() |
View Item |