Enriching the analysis of commercial movement

Convergence and the blurring of trade flows on a border in Southern Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID8360926
AuthorsHélène Blaszkiewicz (0000-0002-4126-7372, Lyon 1 Université, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume51
Issue4
Pages797-803
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12542
OpenAlexW2920944245
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

Analyses of the flow of trade are based on three traditional trends, each of which focuses on one component of movement: commodity, infrastructures and actors. Based on these three models’ limitations and the use of qualitative economic geography and ethnography, this paper enriches our understanding of the flows of cross‐border trade, crossing of bodies of literature and theories. It offers a description of commercial traffic in the Central African Copperbelt and calls for a better comprehension of the specific conditions for executing commercial movements, where infrastructures, commodities and actors influence each other to allow the movement of things

Aesthetics · Commodity · Component (thermodynamics · Comprehension · Convergence (economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · International trade · Market economy · Movement (music · Sociology · African Studies and Geopolitics · China's Global Influence and Migration · Computer Science · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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