Joachim Ewert
Biographic Data
| ID | 187178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joachim Ewert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joachim |
| FAMILY NAME | Ewert |
| SIGNATURE | EWERT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1381-8293 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 150 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A force for good? Markets, cellars and labour in the South African wine industry after apartheid
This paper argues that on balance, deregulation and the exposure to overseas markets has been beneficial to the South African wine industry, resulting in strong growth, increased employment and much improved international competitiveness. However, the paper also draws attention to the fact that not everybody has benefited in equal measure from the process of upgrading, modernisation and internationalisation. Since the start of the transition in t…
Which Way is “Up” in Upgrading? Trajectories of Change in the Value Chain for South African Wine
A Deepening Divide in the Countryside
The article reviews research on change in the South African wine industry, and links the sociology of farming styles and paternalism in Western Cape farm labour relations to work on globalisation and international agro-food restructuring. It argues that livelihoods on wine farms in the Western Cape have been shaped by a ‘triple transition’ involving local industry deregulation, international agro-food integration and the politics of democratisati…
What difference can they make? Assessing the social impact of corporate codes of practice
As retailers in the North increasingly adopt codes of practice containing social and/or environmental provisions in global supply chains, there is a need for rigorous assessment of their social impact. Moving beyond the rhetoric, it is important to establish the actual impact of such codes on poorer workers, their families, and other local stakeholders. This paper sets out the key methodological and conceptual issues arising in such an assessment…
Why Paternalism Survives
Neither deregulation, access to international markets, labour and tenure legislation nor the transition to democracy have fundamentally changed the paternalist labour regime on South African wine farms. Power relations remain visibly unequal, i.e. in most cases the farmer still determines, unilaterally, working rules, wages and housing conditions. Worker' ignorance and passivity and a lack of union resources combine to leave the power of the farm…
Liberalizing markets and reforming land in South Africa
(1998). Liberalizing markets and reforming land in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 16, South Africa in Transition, pp. 65-94
Labour organisation in Western cape agriculture
The political maintenance of 'skill
Since the early 1950s, the labour process in South African print shops and newspapers has undergone revolutionary changes. However, the extensive deskilling and wholesale destruction of erstwhile craft jobs did not result in breaking ‘pseudo‐artisan’ domination over non‐journeymen at the point of production, or within the South African Typographical Union. This study investigates the institutional arrangements in the union, the industry and large…
Which Way is “Up” in Upgrading? Trajectories of Change in the Value Chain for South African Wine
A Deepening Divide in the Countryside
The article reviews research on change in the South African wine industry, and links the sociology of farming styles and paternalism in Western Cape farm labour relations to work on globalisation and international agro-food restructuring. It argues that livelihoods on wine farms in the Western Cape have been shaped by a ‘triple transition’ involving local industry deregulation, international agro-food integration and the politics of democratisati…
Labour organisation in Western cape agriculture
Why Paternalism Survives
Neither deregulation, access to international markets, labour and tenure legislation nor the transition to democracy have fundamentally changed the paternalist labour regime on South African wine farms. Power relations remain visibly unequal, i.e. in most cases the farmer still determines, unilaterally, working rules, wages and housing conditions. Worker' ignorance and passivity and a lack of union resources combine to leave the power of the farm…
Liberalizing markets and reforming land in South Africa
(1998). Liberalizing markets and reforming land in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 16, South Africa in Transition, pp. 65-94
What difference can they make? Assessing the social impact of corporate codes of practice
As retailers in the North increasingly adopt codes of practice containing social and/or environmental provisions in global supply chains, there is a need for rigorous assessment of their social impact. Moving beyond the rhetoric, it is important to establish the actual impact of such codes on poorer workers, their families, and other local stakeholders. This paper sets out the key methodological and conceptual issues arising in such an assessment…
The political maintenance of 'skill
Since the early 1950s, the labour process in South African print shops and newspapers has undergone revolutionary changes. However, the extensive deskilling and wholesale destruction of erstwhile craft jobs did not result in breaking ‘pseudo‐artisan’ domination over non‐journeymen at the point of production, or within the South African Typographical Union. This study investigates the institutional arrangements in the union, the industry and large…
Labour organisation in Western cape agriculture
Liberalizing markets and reforming land in South Africa
(1998). Liberalizing markets and reforming land in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 16, South Africa in Transition, pp. 65-94
Why Paternalism Survives
Neither deregulation, access to international markets, labour and tenure legislation nor the transition to democracy have fundamentally changed the paternalist labour regime on South African wine farms. Power relations remain visibly unequal, i.e. in most cases the farmer still determines, unilaterally, working rules, wages and housing conditions. Worker' ignorance and passivity and a lack of union resources combine to leave the power of the farm…
A Deepening Divide in the Countryside
The article reviews research on change in the South African wine industry, and links the sociology of farming styles and paternalism in Western Cape farm labour relations to work on globalisation and international agro-food restructuring. It argues that livelihoods on wine farms in the Western Cape have been shaped by a ‘triple transition’ involving local industry deregulation, international agro-food integration and the politics of democratisati…
What difference can they make? Assessing the social impact of corporate codes of practice
As retailers in the North increasingly adopt codes of practice containing social and/or environmental provisions in global supply chains, there is a need for rigorous assessment of their social impact. Moving beyond the rhetoric, it is important to establish the actual impact of such codes on poorer workers, their families, and other local stakeholders. This paper sets out the key methodological and conceptual issues arising in such an assessment…
Which Way is “Up” in Upgrading? Trajectories of Change in the Value Chain for South African Wine
A force for good? Markets, cellars and labour in the South African wine industry after apartheid
This paper argues that on balance, deregulation and the exposure to overseas markets has been beneficial to the South African wine industry, resulting in strong growth, increased employment and much improved international competitiveness. However, the paper also draws attention to the fact that not everybody has benefited in equal measure from the process of upgrading, modernisation and internationalisation. Since the start of the transition in t…
Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (5 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Wine Industry and Tourism (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Business (2 works)