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Beyond and beneath the hierarchical market economy: global production and working-class conflict in Argentina's automobile industry

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:31 authored by Adam Fishwick
This paper argues that the hierarchical market economy (HME) category does not provide an adequate starting point for addressing capitalist diversity in Latin America. Building from a critical perspective on the global commodity chain (GCC) and global production network (GPN) approaches, it instead considers the impact of firms’ transnational relations and the often neglected role of working-class struggles. It will argue that capitalist diversity can only be understood at the nexus of these ostensibly global and local phenomena; and by specifying the strategic decisions taken by firms in Argentina’s automobile industry, it will account for the failure of that sector. Finally, it examines the role of working-class struggles in the industry in Córdoba, Argentina, arguing that these were vital in shaping the specific and unstable form of capitalist diversity in Argentina, as well as potential alternatives to it.

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University of Sussex ESRC Doctoral Training Centre DTG 2011; G0656; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; ES/J500173/1

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

Capital and Class

ISSN

0309-8168

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

1

Volume

38

Page range

115-127

Department affiliated with

  • International Relations Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-04-09

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2015-05-15

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-05-15

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