Sustainable Fashion Quest - Innovations in Business and Policy

When thinking about lowering or changing consumption to lower carbon footprints, the obvious offenders come easily to mine: petroleum and petroleum products, paper and plastic, even food. But not clothes.

List of contents

Prologue. Authors Bio. Introduction: A Letter to the Fashion Student. 1 The Evolution of Fashion Business Models. 2 The Fast Fashion Paradox. 3 The Changing Face of Fast Fashion. 4 The Realities on the Ground. 5 The Policies of Consumerism. 6 Sustainable Fashion Legislation: An Analysis of Emerging Networks in Global Governance. 7 The Way Ahead. Appendix: List of All Nations. References. Index.

About the author

Nikolay Anguelov is a professor of economic development in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He oversees the graduate certificate and concentration in Public Management for the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program as well as service the research-intensive policy analysis curriculum for the department. Dr. Anguelov is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work focuses on the adjacencies between economics, politics and diplomacy. His research focus is a product of his private sector experience in international trade. As an alumnus of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Dr. Anguelov started his career in the private sector of fashion and home product international commerce where he eventually started his own successful business. Those experiences define his attention to the role policy plays in creating economic incentives both domestically and internationally. Dr. Anguelov is also the author Policy and Political Theory In Trade Practice: Multinational Corporations and Global Governments (2014) and Economic Sanctions Vs. Soft Power: Lessons From Myanmar, North Korea and the Middle East (2015) both published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Summary

When thinking about lowering or changing consumption to lower carbon footprints, the obvious offenders come easily to mine: petroleum and petroleum products, paper and plastic, even food. But not clothes.

Product details

• Authors: Nikolay Anguelov, Anguelov Nikolay
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780367720766
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72076-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Purchasing & Buying, Fashion & beauty industries, Purchasing & supply management, Production & quality control management, Fashion and beauty industries, Textile Industries, Production and quality control management, Apparel, garment and textile industries, Purchasing and supply management