Le nuove categorie di analisi della dinamica globale/locale. Un contributo al dibattito sulle Global Production Networks

Roberta Gemmiti; Stefania Benetti; Chiara Certomà; Federico Martellozzo

doi:10.36253/bsgi-7458

Authors

Roberta Gemmiti Dipartimento Metodi e Modelli per l’Economia, il Territorio e la Finanza (MEMOTEF), Sapienza Università di Roma
Stefania Benetti Dipartimento per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile e la Transizione Ecologica (DISSTE), Università del Piemonte Orientale
Chiara Certomà Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e Matematico-Statistiche (ESOMAS), Università di Torino
Federico Martellozzo Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Economia e l’Impresa (DISEI), Università di Firenze

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36253/bsgi-7458

Keywords:

Global Production Network, Economic Geography, Uneven development, Environmental Justice, EJOLT Atlas

Abstract

The article investigates the economic-geography’s category of Global Production Networks (GPNs), especially with reference to its ability to grasp the critical aspects of the relationship between multinational capital and regional development. After having briefly framed the GPNs in the literature on the global systems of production, we’ll discuss some controversial aspects of this concept. Particular attention will be devoted to the capacity of GPNs category of dealing with the questions of the asymmetries of power and of the ecological relationships. To reiterate the urgency of reinforcing the study of these issues, we present a short analysis of the most relevant aspects of the environmental conflicts, as they appear in the international repository of the Atlas on Environmental Justice (Atlas EJ).