Carceral Spaces and Social Reproduction: Exploring Export Processing Zones in Sri Lanka and Prisons in Argentina

Author(s):  
Victoria Pereyra-Iraola ◽  
Samanthi J Gunawardana

Abstract The article reflects on the ways in which social reproduction intersects with (im)mobility in export-processing zones in Sri Lanka and the outskirts of prisons in Argentina. Framing factories and prisons as “carceral spaces” and drawing upon diverse case study materials, it focuses on (i) the daily circulations and waiting that take place around these closely regulated sites and (ii) the relations of care that emerge in these sites. The article analyzes how gendered care work can be an active form of agency and resistance to structural confinement and violence, which is nevertheless embedded in broader forms of depletion.

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Denio Igor Silva Pontes

Diversos estudos evidenciam a relação positiva entre o grau de internacionalização e o desempenho inovativo de empresas. Nesse sentido, para promover inovações do tipo tecnológicas e, consequentemente, as exportações, alguns estados da federação têm estimulado a formação de aglomerações geográficas de empresas de base exportadora, conhecidas como Zonas de Processamento de Exportação (ZPEs). No Brasil, totalizam 24 projetos, em diferentes fases pré-operacionais e distribuídos em dezoito estados. Assim, este artigo busca identificar os fatores que contribuem para o desenvolvimento de um cluster inovativo a partir de uma aglomeração de empresas baseada em incentivos governamentais. Para atingir o objetivo proposto, buscou-se compreender o modelo brasileiro de ZPEs - a partir de um estudo de caso na ZPE do Pecém (Estado do Ceará). A escolha da ZPE do Pecém reside no fato de ser a primeira e única zona em pleno funcionamento no Brasil. O caminho apontado nesse estudo para a existência de clusters é o da via das interações entre os atores, de modo a promover a partir dessas relações a criação de conhecimento envolvendo os atores locais e, assim, produzir vantagens competitivas sustentáveis para a região.Palavras-chave: Zonas de Processamento de Exportação. Clusters. Criação de Conhecimento.ABSTRACTSeveral studies show the positive relation between the degree of internationalization and the innovative performance of companies. In this sense, to promote technological innovations and, consequently, exports, some states of the federation have stimulated the formation of geographical agglomerations of export-oriented companies known as Export Processing Zones (EPZs). In Brazil, there are 24 projects, in different pre-operational phases and distributed in eighteen states. Thus, this article seeks to identify the factors that contribute to the development of an innovative cluster from an agglomeration of companies based on governmental incentives. To reach the proposed objective, we sought to understand the Brazilian model of ZPEs - based on a case study in the Pecém ZPE (State of Ceará). The choice of Pecem’s ZPE lies in the fact that it is the first and only zone in full operation in Brazil. The way pointed out in this study for the existence of clusters is the way of interactions between the actors, in order to promote from these relations, the creation of knowledge involving the local actors and, thus, to produce sustainable competitive advantages for the region.Keywords: Export Processing Zones. Clusters. Creation of Knowledge.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tine Haubner

Against the background of a crisis of elder care in Germany, this article examines the expansion of informal elder care work in terms of exploitation. A concept of indirect exploitation is used that takes into account the special characteristics of highly feminised elder care work and Germany’s elder care market. The article shows, through an empirical qualitative case study, that Germany’s elder care regime is maintained through the politically supported exploitation of socially vulnerable population groups in favour of lowering the costs of social reproduction in an ageing capitalist society.


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