TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY AROUND GARMENT INDUSTRY: TACTICAL CHANGES IN THE CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPAIGN

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This thesis investigates the changes in tactics of the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) as a transnational advocacy network (TAN). To understand the change, the conceptual framework of TANs in the garment industry is examined. Early consumer activism movements emerged as social, political, and moral actions; starting from the 1970s, the impacts of neoliberal economic politics on the garment industry triggered the antisweatshop movements by TANs. TANs tactics are examined through examples; by examining, I attempt to explore how TANs have become a major actor in labor rights movements and specifically how their tactics are used to contribute to their efforts. To understand the change in the tactics of the Clean Clothes Campaign, campaigns of the network, starting from the late 1960s to current ones, are provided. The analysis of the CCC in a historical process showed that while in the early campaigns, informing people was crucial to raise awareness and necessary for the encouraging actions; campaigns started to target authorities to be more effective; strengthening, expanding the network, improvements in international norms on labor rights gave network members power to hold responsible actors accountable.

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Transnational Advocacy Network, Clean Clothes Campaign, Labor Rights, Consumer Campaign, Activism

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/96258

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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S. Şahan, “TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY AROUND GARMENT INDUSTRY: TACTICAL CHANGES IN THE CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPAIGN,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.