What is it about?
How intermediaries (e.g. consultants, NGOs) are involved in the restructuring of work relations in postcolonial / development contexts
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Why is it important?
It highlights and illuminates the neglected influence of intermediaries (e.g. consultants, NGOs) in restructuring work relations
Perspectives
The paper exposes how transformations in the (gendered) division of labour and the industrialisation of work is accomplished through the hegemonic operation of imaginaries - such as equality and progress - legalised by intermediaries (e.g. NGOs, consultants).
Hugh Willmott
City University
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This page is a summary of: The role of intermediaries in governance of global production networks: Restructuring work relations in Pakistan’s apparel industry, Human Relations, October 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0018726717722395.
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