Governing Global Production—Resource Networks in the Asia-pacific Steel Industry

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.

Jeffrey D. Wilson is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies in the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia. His research interests include international political economy, Asia-Pacific economic regionalism, and the politics of resource interdependence. He has published on international resource politics in several leading scholarly journals.