Contribution to Book
Energy and Global Production Networks
The Palgrave Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy
(2016)
Abstract
Global production networks (GPNs) refer to activities and organizational structures that transform labor, nature, and capital across disparate geographies into commodities and services. The framework is often used to understand economic development and the socio-ecological transformation of natural resources. This chapter describes elemental concepts utilized in the GPN literature such as those used in global commodity chain, global value chain, and supply chain research. It also details the goals, objectives, and debates within the literature. Three case studies related to energy and global production systems—solar photovoltaics, shale gas, and salmon aquaculture—are detailed illustrating what can be learned from the approach.
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 6, 2016
Editor
Thijs Van de Graaf, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Arunabha Ghosh, Florian Kern, & Michael T. Klare
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Series
Palgrave Handbooks in IPE
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-55631-8_25
Citation Information
Dustin Mulvaney. "Energy and Global Production Networks" LondonThe Palgrave Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy (2016) p. 621 - 640 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dustin_mulvaney/53/