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Research in Rural Sociology and Development
Nature, Raw Materials, and Political Economy
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Paul S. Ciccantell
Paul S. Ciccantell
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David A. Smith
David A. Smith
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Volume
10
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1057-1922(2005)10
ISBN electronic:
978-1-84950-314-3
ISBN print:
978-0-76231-162-0
Series ISSN:
1057-1922
Publication date:
2005
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Starting at the Beginning: Extractive Economies as the Unexamined Origins of Global Commodity Chains

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David A. Smith
David A. Smith
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David A. Smith
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2005
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1057-1922(05)10007-9
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    2005
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2005

This chapter relates Bunker's innovative view of nature, raw materials and political economy to the “global commodity chains” (GCCs) approach. The chapter contends that his view of the importance of primary material extraction, shipping, and energy used in various “transformations” of these crucial products can be fruitfully married to a GCCs perspective.

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