A Value Theory of Inclusion: Informal Labour, the Homeworker, and the Social Reproduction of Value. Issue 4 (14th December 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Value Theory of Inclusion: Informal Labour, the Homeworker, and the Social Reproduction of Value. Issue 4 (14th December 2020)
- Main Title:
- A Value Theory of Inclusion: Informal Labour, the Homeworker, and the Social Reproduction of Value
- Authors:
- Mezzadri, Alessandra
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Critically engaging with Marxist‐Feminist debates, this article argues that only interpretations of social reproduction as value‐producing capture the features of contemporary informalised labour relations. Building on early social reproduction analyses and informed by debates in political economy of development and feminist geography, the article sketches a "value theory of inclusion" premised on the centrality of all labour to value‐generation; accounting for different forms of exploitation; and stressing the dynamic interpenetration of production and reproduction in processes of labour‐surplus extraction. By re‐centring the geographical focus on the global South, the article illustrates this interpenetration by identifying three reproductive mechanisms of value‐generation, based on: industrial housing arrangements; spatial processes of externalisation of reproductive costs across urban–rural divides; and processes of formal subsumption of labour, analysed with special reference to women homeworkers in India. An inclusive theorisation of value‐generation is crucial for the development of inclusive politics, recognising exploitation in its varied manifestations. Resumen: A través de una discusión critica de los debates marxistas‐feministas, este artículo sostiene que solo las interpretaciones de la reproducción social como productora de valor capturan las características de las relaciones laborales informales contemporáneas. Sobre la base de los primeros análisisAbstract: Critically engaging with Marxist‐Feminist debates, this article argues that only interpretations of social reproduction as value‐producing capture the features of contemporary informalised labour relations. Building on early social reproduction analyses and informed by debates in political economy of development and feminist geography, the article sketches a "value theory of inclusion" premised on the centrality of all labour to value‐generation; accounting for different forms of exploitation; and stressing the dynamic interpenetration of production and reproduction in processes of labour‐surplus extraction. By re‐centring the geographical focus on the global South, the article illustrates this interpenetration by identifying three reproductive mechanisms of value‐generation, based on: industrial housing arrangements; spatial processes of externalisation of reproductive costs across urban–rural divides; and processes of formal subsumption of labour, analysed with special reference to women homeworkers in India. An inclusive theorisation of value‐generation is crucial for the development of inclusive politics, recognising exploitation in its varied manifestations. Resumen: A través de una discusión critica de los debates marxistas‐feministas, este artículo sostiene que solo las interpretaciones de la reproducción social como productora de valor capturan las características de las relaciones laborales informales contemporáneas. Sobre la base de los primeros análisis de la reproducción social e utilizando debates contemporáneos propio de la economía política del desarrollo y de la geografía feminista, el artículo esboza una teoría «inclusiva» del valor. Esta, partiendo de la premisa que todo trabajo genera valor, permitiría dar cuenta de las diferentes formas de explotación y de extracción de plus valor que se encuentran en el cruce entre las dinámicas de la producción y de la reproducción. Al volver a centrar el enfoque geográfico en el Sur Global, el artículo ilustra este cruce identificando tres procesos de reproducción social que permiten generar valor: el alojamiento de trabajadores en las fabricas o en las viviendas fabriles; la externalización de los costos reproductivos en el espacio geográfico, utilizando las divisiones entre los espacios urbanos y rurales; la subsunción formal del trabajo, en particular con referencia a las trabajadoras a domicilio en la India. Una teorización inclusiva de la generación de valor es crucial para el desarrollo de ideas y construcciones políticas de clase inclusivas, reconociendo la explotación en sus variadas manifestaciones. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Antipode. Volume 53:Issue 4(2021)
- Journal:
- Antipode
- Issue:
- Volume 53:Issue 4(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 53, Issue 4 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0053-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 1186
- Page End:
- 1205
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12-14
- Subjects:
- informal labour -- homeworkers -- social reproduction -- value -- exploitation -- global South
Geography -- Periodicals
910.5 - Journal URLs:
- http://estar.bl.uk/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&journal=00664812 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8330 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/anti.12701 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0066-4812
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- Legaldeposit
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