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Institutions in the agri-food markets : a collection of essays on geographical Indication of Mercosur and the European Union
| Resumo: | This thesis is situated and seeks to contribute to the debate on the determinants of the development of the market for agri-food products with a Geographical Indication (GI) in the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Different approaches were built on the subject and confronted with developmental and sociological critical theories for the situations found in both economic blocs. The analysis seeks support in constructing institutions in a broad spectrum as determinants in the formatting of the present market. From there, the construction of institutions over time conditions the development of this market. The analysis is based on empirical and theoretical approaches. It seeks to frame the topic using methods capable of sustaining reality into theory and not the other way around. Throughout the six works presented, the thesis walks through the path of theory, normative analysis, market analysis, case study and future perspectives. Above all, the objective of this work is to investigate the causes of the differences in the market for products with GI between the EU and Mercosur. Thus, through critical analysis, it finds answers in the construction of institutions. Therefore, in the first one, a critical theoretical approach to forming agrarian systems determines agri-food development. In the second, an analysis of the normative-legal set by both blocks about these products. In the third and fourth articles, the commercialization of these products in electronic markets of both blocs is investigated in depth in terms of occurrence, brands, origins, destinations and commercial permits. In the fifth, Brazil's casual example regarding the construction of institutions and results in the present market through a theoretical approach. Finally, there is an analysis of the broad-spectrum trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU regarding products with GI. The global perspective of the analysis supports the hypothesis that the construction of institutions in Mercosur results from historical processes aimed at strengthening extractive models and large-scale land exploitation. These models shape markets to function in a logic of scale for the benefit of specific groups, inherent to the respective positions of each nation-state in the capitalist world. On the other hand, it was possible to build an institutional framework favorable to developing value-added models supported by more socially interactive agrarian models in the EU. There, the political and economic power dispute is more focused on the manufactured and industrialized sectors. However, the registrations of products with GI are not directly reflected in the market, restricted to an insignificant portion of these and with some degree of local protectionism. It is concluded that the construction of institutions is crucial in the evolution and development of agri-food markets, especially products with GI. However, factors such as industrialization and the constitution of politically and economically dominant elites directly influence the development of the market. On the other hand, more comprehensive and participatory forms of governance can attenuate in the long term and constitute new institutional constructions. It is concluded that, in general, institutions constitute a complex aggregate of factors that directly influence the formation of markets for agri-food products with GI and significantly result from historical-social constructions, being determinant to national and regional development models |
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| Autores principais: | Fracarolli, Guilherme Silva |
| Assunto: | Geographical Indication Economic Sociology Critical Theory Colonization Institutions Indicação Geográfica Sociologia Económica Teoria Crítica Colonização Instituções |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | This thesis is situated and seeks to contribute to the debate on the determinants of the development of the market for agri-food products with a Geographical Indication (GI) in the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Different approaches were built on the subject and confronted with developmental and sociological critical theories for the situations found in both economic blocs. The analysis seeks support in constructing institutions in a broad spectrum as determinants in the formatting of the present market. From there, the construction of institutions over time conditions the development of this market. The analysis is based on empirical and theoretical approaches. It seeks to frame the topic using methods capable of sustaining reality into theory and not the other way around. Throughout the six works presented, the thesis walks through the path of theory, normative analysis, market analysis, case study and future perspectives. Above all, the objective of this work is to investigate the causes of the differences in the market for products with GI between the EU and Mercosur. Thus, through critical analysis, it finds answers in the construction of institutions. Therefore, in the first one, a critical theoretical approach to forming agrarian systems determines agri-food development. In the second, an analysis of the normative-legal set by both blocks about these products. In the third and fourth articles, the commercialization of these products in electronic markets of both blocs is investigated in depth in terms of occurrence, brands, origins, destinations and commercial permits. In the fifth, Brazil's casual example regarding the construction of institutions and results in the present market through a theoretical approach. Finally, there is an analysis of the broad-spectrum trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU regarding products with GI. The global perspective of the analysis supports the hypothesis that the construction of institutions in Mercosur results from historical processes aimed at strengthening extractive models and large-scale land exploitation. These models shape markets to function in a logic of scale for the benefit of specific groups, inherent to the respective positions of each nation-state in the capitalist world. On the other hand, it was possible to build an institutional framework favorable to developing value-added models supported by more socially interactive agrarian models in the EU. There, the political and economic power dispute is more focused on the manufactured and industrialized sectors. However, the registrations of products with GI are not directly reflected in the market, restricted to an insignificant portion of these and with some degree of local protectionism. It is concluded that the construction of institutions is crucial in the evolution and development of agri-food markets, especially products with GI. However, factors such as industrialization and the constitution of politically and economically dominant elites directly influence the development of the market. On the other hand, more comprehensive and participatory forms of governance can attenuate in the long term and constitute new institutional constructions. It is concluded that, in general, institutions constitute a complex aggregate of factors that directly influence the formation of markets for agri-food products with GI and significantly result from historical-social constructions, being determinant to national and regional development models |
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