Dis/articulations and the interrogation of development in GPN research

McGrath, S.

doi:10.1177/0309132517700981

Dis/articulations and the interrogation of development in GPN research

McGrath, S.

Authors

Dr Siobhan Mcgrath siobhan.mcgrath@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

In spite of serving as the purported goal of the global production network (GPN) approach, development has been left undefined in the GPN literature, with ‘GPN 2.0’ now offering an impoverished understanding of development. This article reviews the elaboration of the ‘core concepts’ of the GPN approach: value, power, embeddedness – and development. I argue that the dis/articulations perspective is useful in offering a critical interrogation of d/Development, and that this has implications for value, power and embeddedness. The disarticulations perspective takes the determination of value into account and highlights the role of borders and discursive boundaries in structuring power relations.

Citation

McGrath, S. (2018). Dis/articulations and the interrogation of development in GPN research. Progress in Human Geography, 42(4), 509-528. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132517700981

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 10, 2017
Online Publication Date	Apr 3, 2017
Publication Date	Aug 1, 2018
Deposit Date	Feb 10, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Feb 10, 2017
Journal	Progress in Human Geography
Print ISSN	0309-1325
Electronic ISSN	1477-0288
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	42
Issue	4
Pages	509-528
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132517700981

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McGrath, S. (2018). Dis/articulations and the interrogation of development in GPN research. Progress in Human Geography 42(4): 509-528. Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.