{"product_id":"value-struggles-looking-at-capitalism-through-the-wine-glass-hardcover","title":"Value Struggles: Looking at Capitalism through the Wine Glass - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStefano Ponte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this open access book, Stefano Ponte offers a theoretically ambitious, empirically rich interrogation of the value struggles at play in global value chains; using the wine industry as an exemplar, he provides a new and fundamental critique of contemporary capitalism and the inequalities it engenders.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no better product than wine to unmask some of the contradictions of contemporary capitalism. Wine is one of the most fragmented and diversified industries, and one that is not yet completely dominated by large corporate interests. It is also where all sorts of antagonisms against the power of capital are taking place. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eValue Struggles\u003c\/i\u003e shows how these tensions and contradictions play out over the valuation of place, nature and people. Through a detailed analysis of South African and Italian wine, it shows that predatory accumulation is about extracting value not only from labour, but also from place, nature and people's identities as owners of tangible and intangible assets. This book explains how power is exercised in contemporary capitalism, by whom, and with what consequences for producers, workers, and nature - both in the Global South and the Global North. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Carlsberg Foundation and Independent Research Fund Denmark.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefano Ponte\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of International Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, as well as Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Centre for Competition, Regulation, and Economic Development at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development \u003c\/i\u003e(Zed, 2005, with Benoit Daviron); \u003ci\u003eTrading Down: Africa, Value Chains, and the Global Economy \u003c\/i\u003e(2005, with Peter Gibbon); \u003ci\u003eBrand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World \u003c\/i\u003e(2011, with Lisa Ann Richey); and \u003ci\u003eBusiness, Power, and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains \u003c\/i\u003e(Zed, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52645027742003,"sku":"9781350378636","price":169.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ot6cDczgqU9781350378636.webp?v=1762419281","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/value-struggles-looking-at-capitalism-through-the-wine-glass-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}