Nikolaus Hammer
Biographic Data
| ID | 282273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikolaus Hammer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikolaus |
| FAMILY NAME | Hammer |
| SIGNATURE | HAMMER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Searching for institutions: Upgrading, private compliance, and due diligence in European apparel value chains
This article argues that key avenues to improve working conditions – value chain integration, on the one hand, and lead firms’ compliance processes, on the other – have not resulted in improvements in the European apparel industry. Evidence is drawn from economic and social up-/downgrading trajectories in major apparel producing countries as well as a case study on social audits and labour market enforcement in the United Kingdom. Both suggest th…
Rights without remedy: The disconnection of labour across multiple scales and domains
This article examines the disconnection between promises of labour rights made at the international level and their in accessibility to workers at the local level. Going beyond the concept of a global ‘governance gap’, it draws on a political economy perspective and focuses on the intersecting and competing roles of different forms of capital and the state, in curtailing workers’ paths to remedy in the global apparel (garment) value chain. A long…
Disconnecting Labour? The Labour Process in the UK Fast Fashion Value Chain
This article focuses on the interlinkages between the labour process and global value chains. It draws on the renewed growth in UK apparel manufacturing, specifically within the fast fashion value chain, and asks how value chain requirements are translated into the labour process as well as how the latter enables quick response manufacturing. The case study shows how buyer-lead firms engender accelerated capital circuits of fast fashion which rel…
Disconnecting Labour? The Labour Process in the UK Fast Fashion Value Chain
This article focuses on the interlinkages between the labour process and global value chains. It draws on the renewed growth in UK apparel manufacturing, specifically within the fast fashion value chain, and asks how value chain requirements are translated into the labour process as well as how the latter enables quick response manufacturing. The case study shows how buyer-lead firms engender accelerated capital circuits of fast fashion which rel…
Disconnecting Labour? The Labour Process in the UK Fast Fashion Value Chain
This article focuses on the interlinkages between the labour process and global value chains. It draws on the renewed growth in UK apparel manufacturing, specifically within the fast fashion value chain, and asks how value chain requirements are translated into the labour process as well as how the latter enables quick response manufacturing. The case study shows how buyer-lead firms engender accelerated capital circuits of fast fashion which rel…
Rights without remedy: The disconnection of labour across multiple scales and domains
This article examines the disconnection between promises of labour rights made at the international level and their in accessibility to workers at the local level. Going beyond the concept of a global ‘governance gap’, it draws on a political economy perspective and focuses on the intersecting and competing roles of different forms of capital and the state, in curtailing workers’ paths to remedy in the global apparel (garment) value chain. A long…
Searching for institutions: Upgrading, private compliance, and due diligence in European apparel value chains
This article argues that key avenues to improve working conditions – value chain integration, on the one hand, and lead firms’ compliance processes, on the other – have not resulted in improvements in the European apparel industry. Evidence is drawn from economic and social up-/downgrading trajectories in major apparel producing countries as well as a case study on social audits and labour market enforcement in the United Kingdom. Both suggest th…
Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (3 works) · Accounting (2 works) · Clothing (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · International Labor and Employment Law (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Law (2 works)