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Value Chains : The New Economic Imperialism by Intan Suwandi (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMonthly Review Press
ISBN-10158367781X
ISBN-139781583677810
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038635193
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameValue Chains : the New Economic Imperialism
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
SubjectGlobalization, Geopolitics, Management, Economics / Theory
TypeTextbook
AuthorIntan Suwandi
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.4 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"This book belongs on the shelf alongside Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine as one of the most powerful indictments of capital in our era."-John Bellamy Foster,Editor of Monthly Review
SynopsisWinner of the 2018 Paul M. Sweezy--Paul A. Baran Memorial Award, this volume examines the exploitation of labor in the Global South, focusing on the issue of labor within global value chains and offering a deft empirical analysis of unit labor costs that is closely related to Marx's own theory of exploitation.tion., Award-winning book showcases case studies uncovering the exploitation of labor and class in the Global South Winner of the 2018 Paul M. Sweezy--Paul A. Baran Memorial Award for original work regarding the political economy of imperialism, Value Chains examines the exploitation of labor in the Global South. Focusing on the issue of labor within global value chains, this book offers a deft empirical analysis of unit labor costs that is closely related to Marx's own theory of exploitation. Value Chains uncovers the concrete processes through which multinational corporations, located primarily in the Global North, capture value from the Global South. We are brought face to face with various state-of-the-art corporate strategies that enforce "economical" and "flexible" production, including labor management methods, aimed to reassert the imperial dominance of the North, while continuing the dependency of the Global South and polarizing the global economy. Case studies of Indonesian suppliers exemplify the growing burden borne by the workers of the Global South, whose labor creates the surplus value that enriches the capitalists of the North, as well as the secondary capitals of the South. Today, those who control the value chains and siphon off the profits are primarily financial interests with vast economic and political power--the power that must be broken if the global working class is to liberate itself. Suwandi's book depicts in concrete detail the relations of unequal exchange that structure today's world economy. This study, up-to-date and richly documented, puts labor and class back at the center of our understanding of the world capitalist system.
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