Trouble is, boycotts only really work if a)there is a serious social movement behind them (e.g. South Africa, Nestle) b) there's a viable alternative and also you're actually sure that it will make an impact.
We had a devils advocate view in development studies that if the Thai factories closed and stopped paying out those wages, who actually benefitted, the Western crusaders or the THai workers?
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Date: 2006-10-03 05:46 pm (UTC)We had a devils advocate view in development studies that if the Thai factories closed and stopped paying out those wages, who actually benefitted, the Western crusaders or the THai workers?