Geographies of Commodity Chains

ISBN-13: 9780415339100 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 288 str.

Alex Hughes

Opis

'Geographies of Commodity Chains' draws together contributions concerned with the production, circulation & consumption of commodities. Case study examples seek to transcend older understandings of production & consumption, & to tap into public debate on the meanings, origins & biographies of commodities.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Commodity Chains, Networks and Filières  1. From Farm to Supermarket: The Trade in Fresh Horticultural Produce from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United Kingdom  2. Are Hogs like Chickens? Enclosure and Mechanization in Two 'White Meat' Filières  3. Spilling the Beans on a Tough Nut: Liberalisation and Local Supply System Changes in Ghana's Cocoa and Shea Chains  Part 2: Commodity Chains and Cultural Connections  4. New Geographies of Agro-Food Production: An Analysis of UK Quality Assurance Schemes  5. Culinary Networks and Cultural Connections: A Conventions Perspective  6. Initiating the Commodity Chain: South Asian Women and Fashion in the Diaspora  Part 3: Commodities, Representations and the Politics of the Producer-Consumer Relation  7. Geographical Knowledges in the Ecuadorian Flower Industry  8. Citrus, Apartheid and the Struggle to (Re)present Outspan Oranges  9. Tropics of Consumption: 'Getting with the Fetish' of 'Exotic' Fruit?  Part 4: Ethical Commodity Chains and the Politics of Consumption  10. Unravelling Fashion's Commodity Chains  11. Accounting for Ethical Trade: Global Commodity Networks, Virtualism and the Audit Economy  12. The 'Organic Commodity' and Other Anomalies in the Politics of Consumption  13. Knowledge, Ethics and Power in the Home Furnishings Commodity Chain

O autorze

Alex Hughes, Suzanne Reimer