Governing Global Production: Resource networks in the Asia-Pacific steel industry

Jeffrey D. Wilson (2013). Governing Global Production: Resource networks in the Asia-Pacific steel industry. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137023186#aboutBook

Resource interdependence has driven economic integration in the Asia-Pacific. Through trade and investment ties, Northeast Asian steel industries have developed global production networks with mining industries on the Pacific Rim for the supply of steelmaking raw materials. But by spanning multiple national spaces, these production networks unite many national economies while belonging exclusively to none. Who, therefore, is in control? Jeffrey D. Wilson examines how states and firms coordinate their activities to govern global production in the Asia-Pacific steel industry.

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Theorising States and Firms in Global Production Networks
  3. The Coordinated Rise of the Japanese Steel Industry
  4. Negotiating Resource Production Networks in Australia
  5. Resource Nationalism and Australian State Intervention
  6. Broadening Membership and the Struggle for Control
  7. The State-led Rise of the Chinese Steel Industry
  8. China and the Iron Ore War
  9. Governing Global Production

Critical acclaim

“This volume is a major contribution to our understanding of the political-economy of the Asia-Pacific generally and of the region’s steel industry in particular. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the pivotal role of production networks in shaping this dynamic region.”

Mark Beeson, Winthrop Professor in Political Science and International Relations, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

“Jeffrey Wilson draws on detailed studies of the inter-firm networks of mining companies – particularly from Japan and China and with regard to Australia – as well as insights from international political economy, to significantly advance the explanatory power of global production network analysis for the study of economic development. In so doing he uncovers the political processes through which China’s growing economic influence is being established. This is a very fine book that makes a major contribution to knowledge.”

Jeffrey Henderson, Professor of International Development and Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol