Globalization and Restructuring of African Commodity Flows

African countries have been incorporated into present processes of economic globalization in a more nuanced way than is usually claimed. The aim of this book is to grasp the diversity of these globalization processes in a systematic way by adopting a common analytical framework, the Global Value Chain approach. Commodity-specific data in two or more countries are taken as a point of departure and the variations and similarities in linkages between local, national, regional and global chain segments are examined. The book is based on original quantitative and qualitative data, collected during fieldwork by the authors. From the contents: Marianne Nylandsted Larsen and Niels Fold; Globalization as a Marginalization of African Economies?; ; Niels Fold and Marianne Nylandsted Larsen; Key Concepts and Core Issues in Global Value Chain Analysis; ; Benoit Daviron; The Historical Integration of Africa in the International Food Trade; ; Charles Mather; The Structural and Spatial Implications of Changes in the Regulation of South Africa’s Citrus Export Chain; ; Michael Friis Jensen; Changing Food Safety Requirements and the Export of Frech Horticultural Products by Kenyan Smallholders; ; Niels Fold and Stefano Ponte; Are (Market) Stimulants Injurious to Quality? Liberalization, Quality Changes and the Reputation of African Coffee and Cocoa Exports; ; Marianne Nylandsted Larsen; The Global Cotton Market and Cotton Sector Reforms in sub-Saharan Africa; ; Peter Gibbon; Segmentation, Governance and Upgrading in Global Clothing Chains: A Mauritian Case Study; ; Poul Ove Pedersen; The Logistical Revolution and the Changing Structure of Agriculturally based Commodity Chains in Africa; ; Tuulikki Pietilä; Singing in the dark? World Music and Issues of Power and Agency