Textiles
and Apparel in the Global Economy, 3/e (book)
Kitty G. Dickerson, University of Missouri-Columbia
© 1999 Prentice Hall, 606 pages, hardcover
#PH-0-13-647280-X, Price $104
Summary
With its unique global perspective on the production and marketing of textiles and apparel, this book is an important addition to undergraduate and graduate-level apparel, fashion, economics, political science, and marketing courses that deal with globalization. Due to the author's firsthand experience with international trade organization officers and global connections to the industry, this text has become one of the most widely-adopted sources for current and authoritative information for international textile and apparel economics. As the softgoods industry (textiles, apparel, and retailing) approaches the millennium, globalization is dramatically changing the way business is conducted; this valuable text prepares students to understand and to deal with those changes.
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION.
1. Textiles and Apparel as a Global Sector.
II. AN OVERVIEW: HISTORY, THE GLOBAL SETTING, THEORY.
2. Historical Perspective. 3. The Setting-An Overview. 4. Theoretical Perspectives.
III. AN OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
5. Global Patterns of Development. 6. Global Patterns of Textile and Apparel Activities. 7. The Textile Complex in Select Regions of the World.
IV. THE U.S. TEXTILE COMPLEX IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
8. An Overview of the U.S. Textile Complex. 9. The U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries and Trade.
V. “MANAGING” TEXTILE AND APPAREL TRADE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
10. Textile and Apparel Trade Policies. 11. Structures for Facilitating and “Managing” Textile and Apparel Trade.
VI. BALANCING CONFLICTING INTERESTS IN TEXTILE AND APPAREL TRADE.
12. The Interests of Industry and Labor in Textile and Apparel Trade. 13. The Interests of Retailers and Importers in Textile and Apparel Trade. 14. The Interests of Consumers in Textile and Apparel Trade. 15. Policymakers and Textile/Apparel Trade.
VII. CONCLUSION.
16. Conclusions: A Problem with No Answers. Appendix: Participants in the Multifiber Arrangement. Bibliography.
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