Making connections between global production networks for used goods and the realm of production: A case study on e-waste governance

Global Networks

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 403-423

  Pickren, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CULTURAL POLITICAL ECONOMY; E WASTE; GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS; PERFORMATIVITY; WASTE GEOGRAPHY

Indexed keywords

OBSOLESCENCE;

E-WASTES; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; PERFORMATIVITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTION FACTORS; RESOURCE RECOVERY;

WASTES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84941316655     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/glob.12071     Document Type: Review

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