All Outputs (3)

Mobilizing the Ethical Consumer in South Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Hughes, A., McEwan, C., & Bek, D. (2015). Mobilizing the Ethical Consumer in South Africa. Geoforum, 67, 148-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.011

This paper presents a critical engagement with current initiatives for ethically-labeled goods in South Africa, thus offering an intervention in a literature on ethical consumption that has previously prioritized the global North. Through an intervie... Read More about Mobilizing the Ethical Consumer in South Africa.

Theorising middle class consumption from the global South: A study of everyday ethics in South Africa’s Western Cape (2015)
Journal Article
McEwan, C., Hughes, A., & Bek, D. (2015). Theorising middle class consumption from the global South: A study of everyday ethics in South Africa’s Western Cape. Geoforum, 67, 233-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.02.011

Emerging research on the increasing significance of consumption in the global South is concerned with its links to the globalizing middle classes. Against the backdrop of optimism invested in the new global middle classes to fuel consumption-led grow... Read More about Theorising middle class consumption from the global South: A study of everyday ethics in South Africa’s Western Cape.

Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Production Networks: Insights from Flower Valley in South Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Hughes, A., McEwan, C., & Bek, D. (2015). Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Production Networks: Insights from Flower Valley in South Africa. Environment and Planning A, 47(2), 249-266. https://doi.org/10.1068/a130083p

This paper proposes dialogue between postcolonial theory and the analytical frameworks of global value chains (GVCs) and global production networks (GPNs). It does so in order to open up more culturally sensitive accounts of global supply networks an... Read More about Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Production Networks: Insights from Flower Valley in South Africa.