Commodity Chains and Global Capitalism
The current restructuring of the world-economy under global capitalism has further integrated international trade and production. It thus has brought to the fore the key role of commodity chains in the relationships of capital, labor, and states. Commodity chains are most simply defined as the link between successive processes of manufacturing that result in a final product available for individual consumption. Each production site in the chain involves organizing the acquisition of necessary...
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This book develops a new set of conceptual categories for analyzing new patterns of global economic organization.
IllustrationsAcknowledgments1Introduction: Global Commodity Chains12Commodity Chains in the Capitalist World-Economy Prior to 1800172.1Commodity Chains: Construct and Research172.2The Shipbuilding Commodity Chain, 1590-1790202.3The Grain Flour Commodity Chain, 1590-1790342.4Conclusions About Commodity Chains483Competition, Time, and Space in Industrial Change514The Global Distribution of Commodity Chains675The Organization of Buyer-Driven Global Commodity Chains: How U.S. Retailers Shape Overseas Production Networks956Where Is the Chain in Commodity Chains? The Service Sector Nexus1237Institutionalizing Flexibility: A Comparative Analysis of Fordist and Post-Fordist Models of Third World Agro-Export Production1438The New Spatial Division of Labor and Commodity Chains in the Greater South China Economic Region1659Commodity Chains and Industrial Restructuring in the Pacific Rim: Garment Trade and Manufacturing18710Strategic Reorientations of U.S. Apparel Firms20511Automobile Commodity Chains in the NICs: A Comparison of South Korea, Mexico, and Brazil22312Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry24713Fresh Demand: The Consumption of Chilean Produce in the United States26714Commodity Chains and the Korean Automobile Industry28115Cocaine, Commodity Chains, and Drug Politics: A Transnational Approach297Bibliography317Index321About the Contributors331
