Agri-Food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks

Stringer, Christina (Editor)/ Le Heron, Richard (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0754673367 / ISBN 13: 9780754673361

Published by Ashgate Pub Co, 2008

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244 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Agri-Food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754673367
• ISBN 13: 9780754673361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.64 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

Within the international agri-food community at least four theoretical targets are attracting increasing attention. They are: (1) the established notions of networks and commodity chains that are being revisited by way of critical engagement informed by the insights of in-depth empirical work, (2) the metrics of calculation and institutional embedding that underpin the rise and functionality of governance technologies, (3) the place of regional networking in creating conditions that make possible agri-food producer participation in local provisioning and supply, and (4) the geo-historical dimensions of interconnection and interdependency in the agri-food sphere. This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of anthropologists, economists, business and management academics and geographers to examine a wide range of case studies illustrating various agri-food commodity chains and networks around the world and to discuss how they link globally.

About the Author

Dr Christina Stringer is a lecturer in the Department of International Business, University of Auckland, and Richard Le Heron is a Professor in the School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand.