In this framing paper for the special issue, we map significant research on global production
networks during the past decade in economic geography and adjacent fields. In line with the …

This chapter reviews three interrelated ways in which agency has been conceptualized in
feminist economics. First, it draws on the concept of capabilities and considers its …

In this article, we examine how remote gig workers in Africa exercise agency to earn and
sustain their livelihoods in the gig economy. In addition to the rewards reaped by gig …

The burgeoning literature on global value chains (GVCs) has recast our understanding of
how industrial clusters are shaped by their ties to the international economy, but within this …

Platform firm in the gig-economy are disrupting work as a social practice, production systems
and recasting capital-labour relations. This qualitative study examines worker agency in the …

Navigating Austerity addresses a key policy question of our era: what happens to society
and the environment when austerity dominates political and economic life? To get to the …

This article reports the findings of a field study on the emergence of collective agreements
led by global brands enacting compliance measures to improve safety and working …

We outline the drivers, main features, and conceptual underpinnings of the compliance
paradigm. We then use a similar structure to investigate the drivers, main features, and …

The proliferation of global value chains is portrayed in academic and policy circles as
representing new development opportunities for firms and regions in the global south. This …

This book explores the processes producing and reproducing the garment sweatshop in
India. Drawing from Marxian and feminist insights, the book theorises the garment …