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Global value chains and human development: a class-relational framework

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posted on 2023-06-09, 01:22 authored by Benjamin SelwynBenjamin Selwyn
Global Value Chain proponents argue that regional and human development can be achieved through ‘strategic coupling’ with transnational corporations. This argument is misleading for two reasons. First, GVC abstracts firm-firm and firm-state relations from their class-relational basis, obscuring fundamental developmental processes. Second, much GVC analysis promotes linear conceptions of development. This article provides a class-relational framework for GVC analysis. The formation and functioning of GVCs and the developmental effects associated with them are products of histories of evolving and often conflictive, class relations. A study of export horticulture in North East Brazil provides empirical support for these arguments.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Third World Quarterly

ISSN

0143-6597

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

10

Volume

37

Page range

1768-1786

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-05-24

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-02-16

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-05-24

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