Featuring new contributions by leading globalization scholars, this timely volume analyzes the organization, geography, politics, and power dynamics of internat

Gendered Commodity Chains is the first book to consider the fundamental role of gender in global commodity chains. It challenges long-held assumptions of global

Studies conceptual foundations of GVC analysis, twin pillars of 'governance' and 'upgrading', and detailed cases of emerging economies.

The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, in which comm

Global value chains (GVCs) are a key feature of the global economy in the 21st century. They show how international investment and trade create cross-border pro