Wenn die Politik nicht dringend Antworten auf die Globalisierung findet und wenn sich die demokratischen Institutionen nicht tiefgreifend wandeln, drohen Sachzwänge und Eigenlogiken wichtige Errungenschaften der vergangenen Jahrzehnte auszuhebeln. Das internationale Autorenteam dieses Buchs...

"This edited volume provides a collection of historical and contemporary commodity chain studies by placing labor at the centre of analysis. A global historical perspective demonstrates that splitting production processes to different, hierarchically connected locations are by no means new...

"In the summer of 2022, the Chinese government announced the creation of a $3 Billion state-owned iron ore giant, the China Mineral Resources Group, whose mission is to manage the multifaceted undertakings of iron ore imports, processing and trading, as well as overseas investments. This was an...