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In this open access book, Stefano Ponte offers a theoretically ambitious, empirically rich interrogation of the value struggles at play in global value chains; using the wine industry as an exemplar, he provides a new and fundamental critique of contemporary capitalism and the inequalities it engenders. There is no better product than wine to unmask some of the contradictions of contemporary capitalism. Wine is one of the most fragmented and diversified industries, and one that is not yet completely dominated by large corporate interests. It is also where all sorts of antagonisms against the power of capital are taking place. Value Struggles shows how these tensions and contradictions play out over the valuation of place, nature and people. Through a detailed analysis of South African and Italian wine, it shows that predatory accumulation is about extracting value not only from labour, but also from place, nature and people’s identities as owners of tangible and intangible assets. This book explains how power is exercised in contemporary capitalism, by whom, and with what consequences for producers, workers, and nature – both in the Global South and the Global North. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark and the Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark.
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Keywords
- Agriculture and drink
- agriculture and food
- Bourdieu
- gastronomic tourism
- Global Value Chains
- Globalization
- International development
- International Political Economy
- Notion of value
- Rural development
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- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems and structures::KCSA Capitalism
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVD Agricultural and rural economics
- thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WB Cookery / food and drink / food writing::WBX Food and drink: beverages::WBXD Food and drink: alcoholic beverages::WBXD1 Wines
- Wine industry
- wine tourism
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