Introduction: Transnational Law and Advocacy Around Labour and Human Rights Litigation

Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights - Transnational Legal Activism in Global Value Chains ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-73835-8_1 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Peer Zumbansen

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Value Chain ◽

Global Value Chain ◽

Transnational Law ◽

Movement Building

AbstractIn this chapter, Peer Zumbansen introduces the book. He contextualizes the Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and the movement building and activism that followed in light of current transnational legal debates as well as global value chain research and subsequently introduces each contribution.

Download Full-text

Will Business and Human Rights regulation help Rajasthan's bonded labourers who mine sandstone?

Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.1177/00221856211052073 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002218562110520

Author(s):

Shelley Marshall ◽

Kate Taylor ◽

Tim Connor ◽

Fiona Haines ◽

Sara Tödt

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Value Chain ◽

Global Value Chain ◽

Due Diligence ◽

Meaningful Change ◽

Economic Dynamics ◽

Business And Human Rights ◽

Theoretical Approaches ◽

Business Power

Some of the worst human rights conditions globally are found in Rajasthan’s sandstone quarries. This paper asks if state-based regulation in the economic-North advanced under the Business and Human Rights agenda: disclosure-based regimes, due diligence compliance regimes and trade-based regimes, could advance efforts to improve respect for human rights in this sector. It adopts fields of struggle lens and global value chain theoretical approaches to business power and governance to understand the challenging political and economic dynamics that entrench harm within sandstone quarrying in Rajasthan. This analysis suggests that company-based disclosure and due diligence regimes will struggle to ameliorate these dynamics whilst trade-based approaches hold some potential to generate meaningful change.

Download Full-text

The Changing Patterns of North Korea’s International Film Co-Productions Since the 1980s: A Global Value Chain Approach

European Journal of Korean Studies ◽

10.33526/ejks.20201902.83 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 83-108

Author(s):

Moon Hwy-Chang ◽

Wenyang Yin

Keyword(s):

Value Chain ◽

North Korea ◽

Film Industry ◽

International Standards ◽

The Political ◽

Global Value Chain ◽

Comprehensive Understanding ◽

Changing Patterns ◽

Film Productions

Although North Korea is one of the most closed countries in the world, it has long been pursuing international cooperation with other countries in order to upgrade the quality of its film industry to international standards. Preceding studies on this topic have mainly focused on the political influences behind filmmaking in general and very few studies have exclusively dealt with North Korea’s international co-productions. In this respect, in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the internalization strategy of North Korea’s film productions, this paper uses the global value chain as a framework for analysis. This approach helps understand the internationalization pattern of each value chain activity of film co-productions in terms of the film location and the methods for collaborating with foreign partners. By dividing the evolution of North Korea’s international co-productions into three periods since the 1980s, this paper finds that although North Korea has shown mixed results with different aspects of the film value chain, it has generally improved its internationalization over the three periods. This paper further provides strategic directions for North Korea by learning some of the successful Chinese experiences in the film sector regarding collaboration with foreign partners—to foster a win-win situation for all involved parties.

Download Full-text