Overview

Globalization in Africa is an uneven process, integrating or re-integrating some localities and communities in the global flows of goods, finance and information, while marginalizing or excluding others. The contributors to this collection apply a common analytical framework that focuses on actors, institutions and processes linked to selected material flows. They provide a detailed examination of globalization dynamics within specific global commodity chains, and at the same time offer a general and broader picture of the directions towards which the continent will be moving. This book is unique, because no previous effort has been made to grasp Africa's diversity of relations to the globalization processes in such a systematic manner.

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Author:   Niels Fold ,  Marianne Larsen
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
ISBN:  

9781847011015

ISBN 10:   1847011012
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: are African economies marginalized by economic globalization? by Niels Fold & Marianne Larsen; The historical integration of Africa in the international food trade by Benoit Daviron; The structural & spatial implications of changes in the regulation of South Africa's citrus export chain by Charles Mather; Asking too much? Changing good safety requirements & the export of fresh horticultural products by Kenyan smallholders by Michael Friis Jensen; Are (market) stimulants injurious to quality? Liberalisation, quality changes and the reputation of African coffee & cocoa exports by Niels Fold & Stefano Ponte; The global cotton market & cotton sector reforms in sub-saharan Africa by Marianne Nylandsted Larsen; Segmentation, governance & upgrading in global clothing chains: a Mauritian case study by Peter Gibbon; The logistical revolution & the changing structure of agriculturally based commodity chains in Africa by Poul Ove Pedersen; Singing in the dark? World music & issues of power & agency by Tuulikki Pietila.

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'This valuable collection presents a unique and coherent set of case studies of African exports within a common framework, and provides a nuanced alternative to notions that incorporation in current processes of globalization leads exclusively to the marginalization of African economies. Its contributions combine, to an unusual degree, analytical clarity and depth, thorough empirical research, and practical relevance.... should stimulate new thinking in topical debates about commodity trade and development.' - Henry Bernstein, SOAS

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Niels Fold is a Lecturer at the Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen

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