Doing good? Thrift stores and second-hand clothing donations in Victoria, BC

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dc.contributor.authorGravestock, Kathryne E.
dc.contributor.supervisorClarke, Marlea
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-30T21:09:35Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-04-30
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractDo second-hand clothing donations ‘do good?’ Thrift stores promote the message that second-hand clothing (SHC) donations ‘do good’ when they solicit donations from individuals. I argue that this narrative of ‘doing good’ overemphasizes the social and economic value of donated clothes and conceals the negative aspects of overconsumption and the problems associated with the commercial export of SHC. The aim of this thesis is to better understand the relationship between fast fashion, clothing consumption and disposal patterns, and the global trade in SHC donations by examining what motivates individuals to donate SHC to thrift stores, and how thrift stores are linked to the international trade in SHC. I began to map SHC donations from households to thrift stores. I used a global production network (GPN) framework to examine the social, political, and economic relations that contribute to how value is created, increased, and extracted in this commodity chain. Using a case study approach, I conducted 30 interviews with individuals who donated used clothing and I conducted research at four different thrift stores that sell SHC in Victoria, BC.en_US
dc.description.embargo2020-04-17
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9307
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectsecond-hand clothingen_US
dc.subjectthrift storesen_US
dc.subjectclothing disposalen_US
dc.subjectfast fashionen_US
dc.subjectcommodity chainsen_US
dc.subjectsocial reproductionen_US
dc.titleDoing good? Thrift stores and second-hand clothing donations in Victoria, BCen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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