MERCANTILE CHAINS AND CONCEPTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2022.e21008

Abstract

This article proposes that the conceptual parameters of the focus on "Commodity Chains" offer fertile resources for the formulation, exploration, and unraveling of problems in human geography. To this end, an exploratory study was carried out, beginning with a bibliographical, documentary, and data survey followed by a concise case analysis of the productive-commercial system of Brazilian soybean production. The "Geoeconomic Web" concept was formulated to highlight socio-institutional factors in the geopolitical dimension of the economy. It is understood that these conceptual frameworks are suitable to problematize issues about the dynamics of insertion and positioning of substructures in national economies, of these economies in the world economy, and power relations in these spaces.

Keywords: Commodity Chains, Conceptualization, Web Geoeconomic.

Author Biographies

  • Rodrigo Gonçalves de Souza, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania (GO), Brazil.

     PhD in Geography from the Federal University of Goiás, Sociospatial Dynamics research line, Nature and Space Production concentration area. Member of the Research Group "Work, Territory and Public Policies - Trappu" of the Institute of Sociospatial Studies of the UFG

     

  • Adriano Rodrigues de Oliveira, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania (GO), Brazil.

    PhD in Geography from the Paulista State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente campus. Professor of two Graduation and Post-Graduation Courses in Geography of the Institute of Socio-Environmental Studies (IESA) of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Leader of the Group of Studies and Research, Work, Territory and Public Policies (TRAPPU).

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Published

2022-07-27

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Vol. 21 (2022)

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