Alex Dubb
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 112407 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alex Dubb |
| PRENOMES | Alex |
| SOBRENOME | Dubb |
| ASSINATURA | DUBB A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3625-1322 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 104 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The value components of contract farming in contemporary capitalism
Contract farming (CF) has generally been understood as, essentially, a market institution-by both (approving) "mainstream" and (critical) "radical" perspectives. Analyses of relations of production have, meanwhile, tended towards a problematic "peasantist" frame, where contracts undermine farmer "autonomy" in processes of "flexible" corporate agro-industrial restructuring. This paper argues that a materialist analysis of CF from within capital-la…
Social reproduction of 'classes of labour' in the rural areas of South Africa
Marxist agrarian political economy has focused largely on the problematic of accumulation and its politics, but the dynamics of social reproduction in rural contexts remain somewhat under-theorised. These are explored through consideration of empirical evidence from communal areas and land reform farms in South Africa. Key arguments advanced are that social reproduction in such contexts include the reproduction of distinctive forms of marriage, s…
The Political Economy of Sugar in Southern Africa - Introduction
In this introductory paper we review historic and contemporary development of sugar cane \nproduction across the southern Africa. We argue that the region’s sugar industry provides a \nuseful lens through which to understand current dynamics of corporate capital and agricultural \nproduction in Africa. We identify three distinct elements of political-economic analysis: first, \nthe operation of logics of capital investment in different settings; …
Interrogating the Logic of Accumulation in the Sugar Sector in Southern Africa
Over the last 20 years sugar production in southern Africa has been characterised by both the geographic dispersal and the heightened concentration of (formerly) South African sugar capital. This paper argues that key variations in the contours of corporate accumulation in the region can be explained through dynamics generated by two sets of interacting variables: (i) the changing productivity of sugar manufacturing and sugar cane cultivation, an…
The Rise and Decline of Small-Scale Sugarcane Production in South Africa
South Africa's sugar industry has long been distinguished by its large number of small-scale sugarcane growers (SSGs) farming on 'communal' land and its peculiar privately administered regulatory structure. In recent years, however, the numbers of small-scale growers have declined precipitously. This paper argues that the relationship between the rise and fall of SSG production and the industry's governing regulatory structure is closer than usua…
Dynamics of decline in small-scale sugarcane production in South Africa
Social reproduction of 'classes of labour' in the rural areas of South Africa
Marxist agrarian political economy has focused largely on the problematic of accumulation and its politics, but the dynamics of social reproduction in rural contexts remain somewhat under-theorised. These are explored through consideration of empirical evidence from communal areas and land reform farms in South Africa. Key arguments advanced are that social reproduction in such contexts include the reproduction of distinctive forms of marriage, s…
The Political Economy of Sugar in Southern Africa - Introduction
In this introductory paper we review historic and contemporary development of sugar cane \nproduction across the southern Africa. We argue that the region’s sugar industry provides a \nuseful lens through which to understand current dynamics of corporate capital and agricultural \nproduction in Africa. We identify three distinct elements of political-economic analysis: first, \nthe operation of logics of capital investment in different settings; …
Interrogating the Logic of Accumulation in the Sugar Sector in Southern Africa
Over the last 20 years sugar production in southern Africa has been characterised by both the geographic dispersal and the heightened concentration of (formerly) South African sugar capital. This paper argues that key variations in the contours of corporate accumulation in the region can be explained through dynamics generated by two sets of interacting variables: (i) the changing productivity of sugar manufacturing and sugar cane cultivation, an…
Dynamics of decline in small-scale sugarcane production in South Africa
The Rise and Decline of Small-Scale Sugarcane Production in South Africa
South Africa's sugar industry has long been distinguished by its large number of small-scale sugarcane growers (SSGs) farming on 'communal' land and its peculiar privately administered regulatory structure. In recent years, however, the numbers of small-scale growers have declined precipitously. This paper argues that the relationship between the rise and fall of SSG production and the industry's governing regulatory structure is closer than usua…
The value components of contract farming in contemporary capitalism
Contract farming (CF) has generally been understood as, essentially, a market institution-by both (approving) "mainstream" and (critical) "radical" perspectives. Analyses of relations of production have, meanwhile, tended towards a problematic "peasantist" frame, where contracts undermine farmer "autonomy" in processes of "flexible" corporate agro-industrial restructuring. This paper argues that a materialist analysis of CF from within capital-la…
Dynamics of decline in small-scale sugarcane production in South Africa
The Rise and Decline of Small-Scale Sugarcane Production in South Africa
South Africa's sugar industry has long been distinguished by its large number of small-scale sugarcane growers (SSGs) farming on 'communal' land and its peculiar privately administered regulatory structure. In recent years, however, the numbers of small-scale growers have declined precipitously. This paper argues that the relationship between the rise and fall of SSG production and the industry's governing regulatory structure is closer than usua…
The Political Economy of Sugar in Southern Africa - Introduction
In this introductory paper we review historic and contemporary development of sugar cane \nproduction across the southern Africa. We argue that the region’s sugar industry provides a \nuseful lens through which to understand current dynamics of corporate capital and agricultural \nproduction in Africa. We identify three distinct elements of political-economic analysis: first, \nthe operation of logics of capital investment in different settings; …
Interrogating the Logic of Accumulation in the Sugar Sector in Southern Africa
Over the last 20 years sugar production in southern Africa has been characterised by both the geographic dispersal and the heightened concentration of (formerly) South African sugar capital. This paper argues that key variations in the contours of corporate accumulation in the region can be explained through dynamics generated by two sets of interacting variables: (i) the changing productivity of sugar manufacturing and sugar cane cultivation, an…
The value components of contract farming in contemporary capitalism
Contract farming (CF) has generally been understood as, essentially, a market institution-by both (approving) "mainstream" and (critical) "radical" perspectives. Analyses of relations of production have, meanwhile, tended towards a problematic "peasantist" frame, where contracts undermine farmer "autonomy" in processes of "flexible" corporate agro-industrial restructuring. This paper argues that a materialist analysis of CF from within capital-la…
Social reproduction of 'classes of labour' in the rural areas of South Africa
Marxist agrarian political economy has focused largely on the problematic of accumulation and its politics, but the dynamics of social reproduction in rural contexts remain somewhat under-theorised. These are explored through consideration of empirical evidence from communal areas and land reform farms in South Africa. Key arguments advanced are that social reproduction in such contexts include the reproduction of distinctive forms of marriage, s…
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