基本説明
A revealing look at the impact of electronics manufacturing on workers and local environments across the planet.
Full Description
Examines the impacts of electronics manufacturing on workers and local environments around the world
Contents
Foreword: Technology Happens by Jim Hightower Introduction 1. The Quest for Sustainability and Justice in a High-Tech World - Ted G. Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David N. Pellow Part I. Global Electronics 2. The Changing Map of Global Electronics: Networks of Mass Production in the New Economy - Boy Luthje; 3. Occupational Health in the Semiconductor Industry - Joseph LaDou; 4. Double Jeopardy: Gender and Migration in Electronics Manufacturing - Anibel Ferus-Comelo; 5. "Made in China": Electronics Workers in the World's Fastest Growing Economy - Apo Leong and Sanjiv Pandita; 6. Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry - Tira Foran and David A. Sonnenfeld; 7. Electronic Workers in India - Sanjiv Pandita; 8. Out of the Shadows and into the Gloom? Worker and Community Health in and around Central and Eastern Europe's Semiconductor Plants - Andrew Watterson Part II. Environmental Justice And Labor Rights 9. From Grassroots to Global: SVTC's Milestones in Building a Movement for Corporate Accountability and Sustainability in the High-Tech Industry - Leslie Byster and Ted G. Smith; 10. The Struggle of Occupational Health in Silicon Valley - Amanda Hawes with David N. Pellow; 11. Immigrant Workers in Two Eras: Struggles and Successes in Silicon Valley - David N. Pellow and Glenna Matthews; 12. Worker Health at National Semiconductor, Greenock: Freedom to Kill? (Scotland) - James McCourt; 13. Community-Based Organizing for Labor Rights, Health and the Environment: Television Manufacturing on the Mexico-U.S. Border - Connie Garcia and Amelia Simpson; 14. Labor Rights and Occupational Health in Jalisco's Electronic Industry (Mexico) - Raquel E. Partida Rocha; 15. Breaking the Silicon Silence: Giving Voice to Health and Environmental Impacts within Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park - Shenglin Chang, Hua-mei Chiu, and Wenling Tu; 16. Human Lives Valued Less than Dirt: Former RCA Workers Contaminated by Pollution Fighting Worldwide for Justice (Taiwan) - Yu-ling Ku; 17. Unionizing Electronics: The Need for New Strategies - Robert Steiert Part III. E-Waste & Extended Producer Responsibility 18. The Electronics Production Lifecycle. From Toxics to Sustainability: Getting Off the Toxic Treadmill - Leslie Byster and Ted G. Smith; 19. High-Tech Pollution in Japan: Growing Problems, Alternative Solutions - Fumikazu Yoshida; 20. High-Tech's Dirty Little Secret: Economics and Ethics of the Electronic Waste Trade - Jim Puckett; 21. High-tech Heaps, Forsaken Lives: E-waste in Delhi (India) - Ravi Agarwal and Kishore Wankhade; 22. Importing Extended Producer Responsibility for Electronic Equipment into the United States - Chad Raphael and Ted G. Smith; 23. International Environmental Agreements and the Information Technology Industry - Ken Geiser and Joel Tickner; 24. Design Change in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Impacts of Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation in Sweden and Japan - Naoko Tojo; 25. ToxicDude.com: the Dell Market Campaign (USA) - David Wood and Robin Schneider
