Skirting Regulation? Trade Liberalisation, Retailers and the Informalisation of South Africa's Clothing industry

This article explores the recent history of South Africa's clothing industry, focusing on the rapid decline of formal sector employment and parallel growth in informal work, including small, home-based producers. We show that although the changing global regulatory regime and other external fac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marlea Clarke, Shane Godfrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2011-06-01
Series:Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/workorgalaboglob.5.1.0076