Varieties of COVID-19 Reactions and Changing Modes of Globalization in the Global South
Final Report Abstract
This research aimed to consider the extent to which existing socio-economic regimes, with their varying capabilities and external constraints, influenced the responses to the multiple waves of crises since Covid-19 and therefore shaped the diverse paths of globalisation as well as economic and social upgrading trajectories in the Global South. Theoretically, the project merged global value chain (GVC) approaches with critical comparative institutionalism resulting in the creation of a unique interdisciplinary framework. This innovative approach has proven to be very fruitful in our exploratory analyses thus far and creates analytical space to explore how specific sectoral national case studies can be linked to transnational globalisation patterns. Empirically, this project examined crisis management in India, Brazil and South Africa at the macroeconomic level and in the automobile and garment industries. The rapid collection of qualitative interviews with different stakeholders by our proven foreign research partners has given us an exceptional insight into the different perspectives and capacities of response options in the national sectors. The project found that the pandemic has accelerated and exacerbated alreadyexisting trends in globalized capitalism. Of particular importance is the finding that the gap between the Global North and Global South has widened throughout COVID-19 not only measured in GDP per capita but also in technological advancement and ecological transformation. Analysing the macroeconomic level we discovered that the capacity of the three countries to respond to the pandemic was significantly constrained by their subordinated integration in global production and global financial markets. Further research based on our preliminary framework is needed together with partners from the Global South.
Publications
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Automobile Sector in India at the Current Juncture: Crisis and Prospects. IPE Working Paper Series, 216/2023.
Jha, P.; Mishra, P. & Singh, K.
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Brazil’s automotive and textile sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic: crisis, repercussions and responses from the government, companies and labor unions. IPE Working Paper Series, 219/2023.
De Conti, B.; Welle, A. & Breda, D.
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Capitalism in Brazil and COVID-19: crisis, repercussions and responses to the pandemic. IPE Working Paper Series, No 217/2023.
De Conti, B.; Breda. D. & Welle, A.
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Cars and Clothes in South Africa’s Covid Experience: The contrasting fortunes of two manufacturing sectors in South Africa. IPE Working Paper Series
Scully, B.; Mvundura, W.; Nyirenda, T.; Tambulu, B. & Zikalala, U.
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Corona und das globale Machtgefälle in Lieferketten am Beispiel der Automobilindustrie. Soziale Standards in globalen Lieferketten, 115-134. transcript Verlag.
Herr, Hansjörg; Teipen, Christina & Gräf, Helena
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South Africa’s economic response to the Covid-19 crisis: a post-pandemic shift or more of the same?. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention, 1-14.
Ashman, Sam & Scully, Ben
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South Africa’s response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: The crisis in the context of the history of South African Capitalism. IPE Working Paper Series, 220/2023.
Scully, B.
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State and Capital in the Context of COVID-19 in India: Some Implications for Globalisation, IPE Working Paper Series, 221/2023.
Jha, P. & Goyal, M.
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Variegated Capitalism as an approach for understanding globalisation in the wake of COVID-19. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention, 1-15.
Handley, Lukas & Martin, Anne
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Dynamics in the automotive industry in Germany, Brazil and India – changes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention, 22(1), 73-88.
Teipen, Christina; Jha, Praveen & De, Conti Bruno
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Macroeconomic policy and policy spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic – case studies from Germany, Brazil and India*. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention, 22(1), 57-72.
De Conti, Bruno; Herr, Hansjörg; Jha, Praveen & Nettekoven, Zeynep
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on industrial policy in Germany and the European Union – the case of the automotive industry*. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention, 22(1), 118-134.
Gräf, Helena & Topuria, Salome
