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  • 1.  "Yes, consumers can change public policies — sometimes. Here are the challenges"

    Posted 02-27-2017 13:43
    Hello everybody:

    Consumption is a political act. As social movement scholars have documented, consumer boycotts and "buycotts" are important strategies to lobby the corporation. When do they work? Can they change public policy?

    Here are some thoughts on this subject (Specifically the Ivanka-Nordstrom episode) published today on Washington Post' Monkey Cage:

    "Yes, consumers can change public policies — sometimes. Here are the challenges"
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/27/yes-consumers-can-change-public-policies-sometimes-here-are-the-challenges/?utm_term=.31ecb7a794b7#comments


    Please email your comments directly to me (instead of the listserv).

    Thanks,

    Aseem

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    Professor, Department of Political Science
    Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
    Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
    39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
    University of Washington
    Seattle, WA 98195-3530

    http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
    http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/


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  • 2.  Do African exports to China hurt labor rights? Hereʼs what we found

    Posted 03-03-2017 12:39
    There is some discussion on how the rise of China will influence environmental and labor standards in countries that depend on Chinese markets. Africa, in particular, has been in news give that China is now Africa's largest trading partner.

    Here is a piece we published today in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage:

    "Do African exports to China hurt labor rights? Hereʼs what we found"

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/03/do-african-exports-to-china-hurt-labor-rights-heres-what-we-found/?utm_term=.46ac9da232b2

    Aseem


    ********************************************************************

    Aseem Prakash
    Professor, Department of Political Science
    Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
    Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
    39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
    University of Washington
    Seattle, WA 98195-3530

    http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
    http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/



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