Commodity Chains and World Cities

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Commodity Chains and World Cities

Editor(s): Ben Derudder, Frank Witlox

Published Online: 20 APR 2011 05:05AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444335873

Online ISBN: 9781444328264

DOI: 10.1002/9781444328264

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Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. This book assesses the possible cross-fertilization between two of the most notable analytical frameworks - the world city network framework and the global commodity chain framework.

  • Transnational spatial relations have become a key analytical lens through which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization
  • Brings together contributions of key researchers from different backgrounds and different parts of the world
  • Offers a set of original approaches to the study of the networked geography of globalization

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–vii)

    2. Chapter 1

      World Cities and Global Commodity Chains: An Introduction (pages 1–13)

      Ben Derudder and Frank Witlox

    3. Chapter 2

      World City Networks and Global Commodity Chains: Towards a World-Systems' Integration (pages 15–41)

      Ed Brown, Ben Derudder, Christof Parnreiter, Wim Pelupessy, Peter J. Taylor and Frank Witlox

    4. Chapter 3

      Global Cities in Global Commodity Chains: Exploring the Role of Mexico City in the Geography of Global Economic Governance (pages 43–64)

      Christof Parnreiter

    5. Chapter 4

      City Networks and Commodity Chains: Identifying Global Flows and Local Connections in Ho Chi Minh City (pages 65–89)

      Ingeborg Vind and Niels Fold

    6. Chapter 5

      Cities, Material Flows and the Geography of Spatial Interaction: Urban Places in the System of Chains (pages 91–110)

      Markus Hesse

    7. Chapter 6

      Integrating World Cities into Production Networks: The Case of Port Cities (pages 111–135)

      Wouter Jacobs, Cesar Ducruet and Peter De Langen

    8. Chapter 7

      Intra-Firm and Extra-Firm Linkages in the Knowledge Economy: the Case of the Emerging Mega-City Region of Munich (pages 137–164)

      Stefan Lüthi, Alain Thierstein and Viktor Goebel

    9. Chapter 8

      Making Connections: Global Production Networks and World City Networks (pages 165–178)

      Neil M. Coe, Peter Dicken, Martin Hess and Henry Wai-Cheung Yeung

    10. Chapter 9

      Global Inter-City Networks and Commodity Chains: Any Intersections? (pages 179–194)

      Saskia Sassen

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      Index (pages 195–200)

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