The politics of global supply chains [electronic resource] : power and governance beyond the state / Kate Macdonald.
Macdonald, Kate.
2014
HD38.5 .M33 2014eb
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Title The politics of global supply chains [electronic resource] : power and governance beyond the state / Kate Macdonald.
Author Macdonald, Kate.
ISBN 9780745679716 electronic book
9780745661711 paperback
9780745661704
Published Cambridge : Polity, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (268 pages)
Call Number HD38.5 .M33 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 658.7
Summary This is the first book to deal with 'supply chain politics' a phrase that is becoming increasingly commonplace. The book focuses primarily on coffee and garment supply chains, using these as case studies, showing how the political struggles within them both reflect and fuel the on-going re-shaping of global governance.
Note This is the first book to deal with 'supply chain politics' a phrase that is becoming increasingly commonplace. The book focuses primarily on coffee and garment supply chains, using these as case studies, showing how the political struggles within them both reflect and fuel the on-going re-shaping of global governance.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: The politics of global supply chains
1. Power and governance in garment supply chains
2. The emergence of non-state governance: Anti-sweatshop campaigns
3. The private sector response: Codes of conduct
4. Dispersed power Wwthin coffee supply chains
5. The transformative challenge: Fair trade as an 'alternative' institutional model
6. Starbucks CAFÉ practices: The 'responsible' corporation responds
7. Interaction between initiatives: Diffusing change beyond 'niche' supply chains
8. Lessons and synthesis: Power, responsibility and governance beyond the state
Conclusion: Ongoing political contests in global supply chains.

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