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The 'third tier' of globalization.
- Source :
- City; Jul2008, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p196-206, 11p, 5 Black and White Photographs, 2 Graphs, 1 Map
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- In recent years, China's major trading cities have witnessed rapid social, cultural and physical change which has accompanied the country's boom in manufacturing and exports. A small but increasingly significant element of this growth has been the China-Africa trade in small-scale manufactured goods. The opening of China's economy has created new spaces for migrant entrepreneurs capturing a share of international value chains, transforming social and business relations, and reconfiguring urban space. This paper draws on a pilot study by the authors of African migrants in Guangzhou in 2007, active in the exports to the African sub-continent. Findings challenge established models of global city growth, identifying the collective importance of individual entrepreneurs in promoting a trade which has significant impacts on African cities, while creating new interactions with identifiable, distinctive and unanticipated impacts on this dynamic host city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EXPORTS & economics
MIGRANT labor
CITIES & towns
ECONOMICS
COMMERCE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13604813
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- City
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33716593
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13604810802167036