THE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN: Value for Whom? The Soccer Ball Industry in China and Pakistan

Xue, H; Chan, A

THE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN: Value for Whom? The Soccer Ball Industry in China and Pakistan

Xue, H Chan, A

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Citation:: Critical Asian Studies, 2013, 45 (1), pp. 55 - 77
Issue Date:: 2013-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Xue, H	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chan, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Critical Asian Studies, 2013, 45 (1), pp. 55 - 77	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1467-2715	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/23770
dc.description.abstract	The global value chain concept has become one of the most influential frameworks used in the study of globalization. The paradigm, however, is deficient in explicating the exploitative nature of global value chain governance. Based on a study of soccer ball production in China and Pakistan, this article analyzes global production from three perspectives: the role of the state in shaping the host countries' mode of production and legal framework, the issue of how surplus value is created and distributed, and the use of child labor or prison labor to remain competitive in the chain. The article shows, in the case of Pakistan, how a country using a lower-labor-costs strategy to retain a place in a global value chain allows its workers to be exploited and pauperizes its people. © 2013 Copyright BCAS, Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Critical Asian Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/14672715.2013.758821	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Cultural Studies	en_US
dc.title	THE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN: Value for Whom? The Soccer Ball Industry in China and Pakistan	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
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Abstract:

The global value chain concept has become one of the most influential frameworks used in the study of globalization. The paradigm, however, is deficient in explicating the exploitative nature of global value chain governance. Based on a study of soccer ball production in China and Pakistan, this article analyzes global production from three perspectives: the role of the state in shaping the host countries' mode of production and legal framework, the issue of how surplus value is created and distributed, and the use of child labor or prison labor to remain competitive in the chain. The article shows, in the case of Pakistan, how a country using a lower-labor-costs strategy to retain a place in a global value chain allows its workers to be exploited and pauperizes its people. © 2013 Copyright BCAS, Inc.

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