Latin American and Iberian Studies
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May 13 & May 14, 2005
Friday, May 13
Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall St.
Room 208
8:15-8:45AM Continental Breakfast at Conference Venue
8:45-9:00AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Richard Appelbaum, University of California-Santa Barbara
Jennifer Bair, Yale University
Gustav Ranis, Yale University
9:00-9:15 AM Overview Session
Jennifer Bair, Sociology, Yale University
“Global Commodity Chains: A Conceptual and Disciplinary Mapping”
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9:15-10:45AM Session 1. Commodity Chains and Chain Networks
Presenters
Immanuel Wallerstein, Sociology, Yale University
“Protection Networks and Commodity Chains in the Capitalist World-Economy”David Smith, Sociology, University of California-Irvine
“Global Networks of International Commodity Exchange:
Conceptual Issues and Empirical Patterns 1965-2000”Peter Bearman and Emily Erikson, Sociology, Columbia University
“Route into Networks: The Structure of English Trade in the East Indies 1601-1833”Discussant
Charles Perrow, Sociology, Yale University
10:45-11:00AM Coffee Break
11:00AM-12:30PM Session 2. Sectoral Perspectives on Commodity Chains: Primary Commodities
Presenters
Steven Topik, History, University of California-Irvine
“Historicizing Commodity Chains, Circuits and Resistance:
Thinking About Things, Structures, Systems and Especially Coffee”John Talbot, Sociology, University of the West Indies
“The Comparative Advantages of Tropical Commodity Chain Analysis”Julie Guthman, Community Studies, University of California-Santa Cruz
“Unveiling the Unveiling: Commodity Chains, Commodity Fetishism,
and the Politics of Enclosure in ‘Protective’ Food Labels”Discussant
Andrew Schrank, Sociology, Yale University
12:45-1:45 PM Lunch at Conference Venue for Presenters and Discussants
1:45-3:15 PM Session 3. More Sectoral Perspectives on Commodity Chains: The Global Apparel Industry
Presenters
Richard Appelbaum, Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara
“Changes in Textile and Apparel Commodity Chain Following the End of the Multifiber Arrangement”Enrique Dussel Peters, Economics, Universidad Autónoma de México
“Global Commodity Chains in Latin America and Mexico:
Concepts and Current Performance in Yarn-Textile-Garments”Peter Gibbon, Danish Institute for International Studies
“Governance, Entry Barriers, Upgrading. Re-interpretation of some GVC
Concepts from the Experience of African Garment Exports”Discussant
Meenu Tewari, City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
3:15-3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 PM Session 4. Global Value Chains: Implications for Development and Employment
Presenters
Timothy Sturgeon, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“The Governance of Global Value Chains”Sanjaya Lall, Economics, Oxford University
“Global Value Chains and Networks: Opportunities or Challenges?”Will Milberg, Economics, New School University
“U. S. Offshoring: Income Distribution and Organizational Governance”Discussant
Teresa Lynch, Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5:45-6:30 PM Drinks and hors d’oeuvres, Scoozi’s Restaurant
6:30-8:30 PM Dinner, Scoozi’s Restaurant
Saturday, May 14
Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall St.
Room 208
8:30-9:00 AM Continental Breakfast at Conference Venue
9:00-10:15 AM Session 5.Networks in Social and Cultural Context
Presenters
Tina Mangieri, Geography, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
“Rethinking Identity and the Politics of Difference in Global Trade Networks”Gary Hamilton, Sociology, University of Washington
“Reassessing the Asian Miracle: The Social Foundations of
Production Networks in Demand-Responsive Economies”Discussant
Julia Adams, Sociology, Yale University
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM-12:15 PM Session 6.Workers and Activists in Global Chains
Presenters
David Levy, University of Massachusetts, College of Management
“Global Production Networks as Contested Fields: Power, Ideology, and Value in the Global Factory”Nelson Lichtenstein, History, University of California-Santa Barbara
“Wal-Mart: Template for 21st Century Capitalism?”Katie Quan, Center for Labor Research and Education, University of California-Berkeley
“How Workers Use Commodity Chains to Organize”Rachel Schurman, Sociology, University of Minnesota
“Searching for Achilles’ Heel: Social Movement and
Activist Efficacy in Three Global Commodity Chains”Discussant
Michael Denning, American Studies, Yale University
12:15-12:45 PM Concluding Thoughts
12:45-1:30 PM Lunch at Conference Venue for Participants and Discussants
Conference Sponsored by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies through a generous donation from the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund; the Center for Comparative Research, Department of Sociology; and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies.