Frontiers of commodity chain research / edited by Jennifer Bair.

Other author Bair, Jennifer, 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Commercial products.
International trade.
International division of labor.
International economic relations.

Contents Global commodity chains : genealogy and review / Jennifer Bair -- Historicizing commodity chains : five hundred years of the global coffee commodity chain / Steven Topik -- Trading up the commodity chain? the impact of extractive and labor-intensive manufacturing trade on world-system inequalities / David A. Smith and Matthew C. Mahutga -- Protection networks and commodity chains in the capitalist world-economy / Immanuel Wallerstein -- The comparative advantages of tropical commodity chain analysis / John M. Talbot -- From commodity chains to value chains : interdisciplinary theory building in an age of globalization / Timothy J. Sturgeon -- Global commodity chains, market makers, and the rise of demand-responsive economies / Gary C. Hamilton and Gary Gereffi -- Mimicking "lean" in global value chains : it's the workers who get leaned on / Kate Raworth and Thalia Kidder -- Unveiling the unveiling : commodity chains, commodity fetishism, and the "value" of voluntary, ethical food labels / Julie Guthman -- Chain (re)actions : comparing activist mobilization against biotechnology in Britain and the United States / William A. Munro and Rachel A. Schurman.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-267) and index.
LCCN 2008011829
ISBN9780804759236 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804759235 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804759243 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0804759243 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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