Beyond firm-centrism: Re-integrating labour and capitalism into global commodity chain analysis

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-226

  Selwyn, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitalist development; Class relations; Global commodity chains; Labour

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITALISM; COMMODITY MARKET; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC THEORY; GLOBALIZATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857414662     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbr016     Document Type: Article

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