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| Haller, William; Clemson University; whaller@clemson.edu. |
| This article traces the steel industry's restructuring during the 1980s and its consequences for older industrial regions tied historically to steel production. These regions contained large working-class communities that declined because of deindustrialization and restructuring. This article first examines the transition of the steel industry from its roots in extractive and primary manufacturing to a scrap-recycling industry that minimizes labor and raw material inputs. This transition parallels the structural changes in other industries addressed by political economic perspectives, such as the new international division of labor and globalization of production. The article then focuses on the socioeconomic and structural changes, using the Pittsburgh... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Deindustrialization; Economic restructuring; Underclass; Uneven development. |
| Ano: 2005 |
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| Carvalho, Maria Auxiliadora de; Silva, Cesar Roberto Leite da. |
| This paper aims to contribute to the Brazilian deindustrialization debate, attributed to exchange appreciation that, for several authors, is the agricultural export increase effect. Constant market share method applied on FAO export data, for the 1991 to 2003 period, indicates that Brazilian agricultural export increased more than the potential rate, due to expressive competitiveness gains. After the exchange regime change, in 1999, the competitiveness increase was partly neutralized by growth share of products whose world demand was in decline. Exports value decomposition showed that the volume effect predominates, fact more evident after the flotation exchange adoption, when the price effect was negative. Even discounting the real exchange depreciation... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural export; Deindustrialization; Constant market share; Agribusiness; F31. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61270 |
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