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The Embeddedness of Global Production Networks: The Impact of Crisis in Fiji's Garment Export Sector

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  • Sally Weller

    (School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia)

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In this paper the author explores how changing geopolitical conditions reconfigure network embeddedness and theorises the conditions of network disconnection and transformation. Through a case study of the changes in interfirm relationships within the Fiji–Australia garment-production network after Fiji's 2000 political coup d'état, the author develops a relational and dynamic view of embeddedness, highlighting its multifaceted and multiscalar character and emphasising the interrelationships between embeddedness, trust, and power.

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  • Sally Weller, 2006. "The Embeddedness of Global Production Networks: The Impact of Crisis in Fiji's Garment Export Sector," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 38(7), pages 1249-1267, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:38:y:2006:i:7:p:1249-1267
    DOI: 10.1068/a37192
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