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Book SynopsisEPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This original volume brings together academics and activists from Europe to think creatively about the social and environmental imbalances of global production and how to reform the current economic system.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking value chains in times of crisis - Florence Palpacuer and Alistair Smith Part 1: Mounting issues in the governance of global value chains 1. Global production networks: the state, power and politics - Martin Hess 2. Global inequality chains: how global value chains and wealth chains (re)produce inequalities of wealth - Liam Campling and Clair Quentin 3. Orchestrating environmental sustainability in a world of global value chains - Stefano Ponte 4. Trade policy for fairer and more equitable global value chains - Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt Part 2: Strengthening the role of people and democracy 5. Civil society action towards judiciary changes in the regulation of global value chains - Marilyn Croser 6. Assessing the economic, social and environmental impacts of global value chains as a tool for change - Christophe Alliot 7. Worker- and small farmer-led strategies to engage lead firms in responsible sourcing - Alistair Smith 8. Empowering local communities in their struggle for land and rights - Eloïse Maulet Conclusion: Pondering the future of global value chains - Florence Palpacuer and Alistair Smith
