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Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains: The Automotive Industry in Brazil

In: Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains

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  • Anselmo Luis dos Santos

    (University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
    Centre for Studies in Trade Unionism and Labour Economics, CESIT/IE/UNICAMP))

  • José Dari Krein

    (University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
    Centre for Studies in Trade Unionism and Labour Economics, CESIT/IE/UNICAMP))

  • Denis Maracci Gimenez

    (University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
    Centre for Studies in Trade Unionism and Labour Economics, CESIT/IE/UNICAMP))

  • Hugo Dias

    (University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
    Centre for Studies in Trade Unionism and Labour Economics, CESIT/IE/UNICAMP))

Abstract

For over 20 years, the Brazilian economy has faced enormous challenges as a result of neoliberal structural reforms, economic stagnation and external crises, particularly after the Latin American crisis of the late 1990s to early 2000s and after 2014. Deep economic structural changes and fluctuations in the pace of growth profoundly affected Brazilian production and consumption, various sectors of activity, and the social and working conditions of the population. One of the largest and most historically significant industrial sectors in Brazil is the automotive industry. While working conditions in the industry have greatly improved since the beginning of the 2000s, with worsening macroeconomic conditions since 2014 the Brazilian labour movement’s ability to continue achieving an upwards trajectory for workers seems to be under threat. This analysis focuses on the automotive industry as a point of reference to better understand Brazil’s economic development since the late 1990s, the challenges inherent to integration in global value chains (GVCs) and how all of these factors influence working conditions and the ability of organised labour to achieve improvements.

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  • Anselmo Luis dos Santos & José Dari Krein & Denis Maracci Gimenez & Hugo Dias, 2022. "Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains: The Automotive Industry in Brazil," Springer Books, in: Christina Teipen & Petra Dünhaupt & Hansjörg Herr & Fabian Mehl (ed.), Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains, chapter 0, pages 259-285, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-87320-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87320-2_10
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    1. de Conti, Bruno & Welle, Arthur & Breda, Diógenes Moura, 2023. "Brazil's automotive and textile sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic: Crisis, repercussions and responses from the government, companies and labor unions," IPE Working Papers 219/2023, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Institute for International Political Economy (IPE).

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