Frontiers of Commodity Chain Research

Name: Frontiers of Commodity Chain Research
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ISBN: 9780804759243

ISBN-10: 0804759243

ISBN-13: 9780804759243

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jennifer Bair, Jennifer Bair

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Taking stock of the state-of-the-art, as well as outlining new directions for commodity chain research, this distinctive volume includes original work from major figures in sociology, history, geography, and labor studies. It underscores the wide and interdisciplinary appeal of chain approaches for analyzing the economic, social, and political dimensions of international trade and production networks. Commodity chain analysis sheds light on the political and ecological implications of economic globalization and on how activists in pursuit of social justice, workers' rights, and environmental protection can use it. Following a substantive review of literature in the field, the collection…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Jennifer Bair is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics at Yale University.



Acknowledgments


The Authors



Global Commodity Chains: Genealogy and Review




Operationalizing Global Chains: Theoretical and Methodological Debates



Historicizing Commodity Chains: Five Hundred Years of the Global Coffee Commodity Chain




Trading Up the Commodity Chain? The Impact of Extractive and Labor-Intensive Manufacturing Trade on World-System Inequalities




Protection Networks and Commodity Chains in the Capitalist World-Economy




Getting at Governance: Power and Coordination in Global Chains



The Comparative Advantages of Tropical Commodity Chain Analysis




From Commodity Chains to Value Chains: Interdisciplinary Theory Building in an Age of Globalization




Global Commodity Chains, Market Makers, and the Rise of Demand-Responsive Economies




Workers and Activists in Global Chains



Mimicking "Lean" in Global Value Chains: It's the Workers Who Get Leaned on




Unveiling the Unveiling: Commodity Chains, Commodity Fetishism, and the "Value" of Voluntary, Ethical Food Labels




Chain (Re)actions: Comparing Activist Mobilization Against Biotechnology in Britain and the United States



Notes


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Index