Poverty through ‘Insufficient Exploitation and/or Globalization’? Globalized Production and New Dualist Fallacies

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ID12716631
AuthorsRay Kiely (Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume5
Issue3
Pages419-432
Publication date2008-08-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobalizations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14747730802252586
OpenAlexW2039442250
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited52

This article draws a parallel between two different but related debates in international political economy: first, the (Marxist) argument that if there is one thing worse than being exploited in capitalist society, it is not being exploited; second, the argument that developing countries are poor because they are insufficiently globalized. The paper challenges the second argument outright and suggests that the first is too simplistic, and does so by focusing on the question of dualism. In discussing the globalization of manufacturing production, the article demonstrates the reality of continued hierarchies in the world economy, and how these undermine dualist accounts of insufficient exploitation and/or globalization. Finally, I draw some conclusions based on an alternative understanding of globalization and labour. A Chinese version of this article's abstract is available online at: www.informaworld.com/rglo Este artículo plantea un paralelo entre dos debates diferentes pero relacionados de la economía política internacional: primero, el argumento (marxista) de que si existe algo peor que ser explotado en una sociedad capitalista, es el no ser explotado; segundo, el argumento de que los países en desarrollo son pobres porque están insuficientemente globalizados. El documento desafía al segundo argumento categóricamente y sugiere que el primero es demasiado simplista, y lo hace con un enfoque a la cuestión del dualismo. El artículo demuestra la realidad de las jerarquías constantes en la economía global, al discutir sobre la globalización de la producción manufacturera y cómo estas minan los informes sobre insuficiente explotación y/o globalización. Finalmente, extraigo algunas conclusiones con base en un conocimiento alternativo sobre la globalización y el trabajo. Notes A Chinese version of this article's abstract is available online at: www.informaworld.com/rglo The flying geese model, based on the idea of East Asian states flying in unison, was first developed in the 1930s, but it was not until the 1960s that the main English language publication of its pioneer first came out. See Akamatsu Citation(1962). Balassa Citation(1989) gave the idea a more explicitly neoliberal theoretical direction. For a critique, see Kasahara Citation(2004). A growing source of concern to the US. For instance, US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez claimed in 2006 that ‘[t]he bottom line is that our companies do not have their rightful access under the terms of China's WTO commitments’ and suggested that this ‘only strengthens those who want to build protectionist barriers around the US market’ (see Breslin, Citation2007, ch. 3)

Argument (complex analysis · Capitalism · Dualism · Economics · Epistemology · Globalization · Humanities · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Welfare economics · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism

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