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Research paper thumbnail of I caporali e il loro ruolo nella filiera agroalimentare del Basso Lazio: oltre la criminalizzazione

Sociologia urbana e rurale, Mar 1, 2020

Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing a... more Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing advantage of vulnerable workers. The negative stereotypification of labour contractors fails to capture the different nuances of this figure and the mechanisms underlying the reproduction of their role in the contemporary Italian agricultural production. This is shown through the re-sults of a field research carried out in the agricultural areas of central Italy.

Research paper thumbnail of The restructuring of Italian agriculture and its impact upon capital–labour relations: Labour contracting and exploitation in the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain of the Lazio Region, Central Italy

Journal of Agrarian Change, Aug 15, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the agrimafie-caporalato binary: the restructuring of agriculture in Central Italy and its implications on labour relations

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, May 1, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Riconcettualizzare caporalato e sfruttamento lavorativo: dalla dimensione intersoggettiva vittima-carnefice al “regime di controllo del lavoro”

Sociologia del diritto, Jun 12, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Nuove questioni agrarie nel capitalismo maturo: intermediazione illecita di manodopera e 'nuova schiavitù' nelle campagne italiane

Come altrove nel mondo, la ristrutturazione del settore agricolo italiano, avviatasi agli inizi d... more Come altrove nel mondo, la ristrutturazione del settore agricolo italiano, avviatasi agli inizi degli anni Ottanta, ha assistito all'espansione della produzione export-oriented e all'emergere dell'organizzazione produttiva in filiere, in linea con la dottrina neoliberista che enfatizza l'integrazione nel mercato mondiale come mezzo e fine dello sviluppo di un paese. Un nuovo modo di produrre e fornire cibo che, combinato con le specificità locali, quali la struttura del capitale agrario in Italia, ha creato lo spazio per 'nuove' forme di sfruttamento, quali quelle basate sul lavoro migrante stagionale attraverso la pratica dell'intermediazione illecita di manodopera. Queste forme di sfruttamento sono lungi dall'essere un'eccezione, un'anomalia. Sebbene spesso associate ad isolati comportamenti delinquenziali, se non direttamente ad infiltrazioni di tipo mafioso nel comparto agricolo, la presente ricerca ha riscontrato, al contrario, che lo sfr...

Research paper thumbnail of I caporali e il loro ruolo nella filiera agroalimentare del Basso Lazio: oltre la criminalizzazione

SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE, 2020

Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing a... more Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing advantage of vulnerable workers. The negative stereotypification of labour contractors fails to capture the different nuances of this figure and the mechanisms underlying the reproduction of their role in the contemporary Italian agricultural production. This is shown through the re-sults of a field research carried out in the agricultural areas of central Italy.

Research paper thumbnail of The restructuring of Italian agriculture and its impact upon capital–labour relations: Labour contracting and exploitation in the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain of the Lazio Region, Central Italy

Journal of Agrarian Change, 2019

Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries... more Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries. Far from being an anomaly in the smooth everyday functioning of the economy, contractors are a crucial node in facilitating and ensuring global capital's control over local labour regimes. This article uses a global value chain perspective to investigate the re-emergence of gangmasters and gang labour in the agricultural sector of Lazio, Central Italy. It analyses the fruit and vegetable supply chain formation and configuration in the Lazio Region with the aim of identifying the underlying processes leading to the creation of gangmasters by capital to have a cheap and disposable, especially migrant, labour force. It also intends to give a more nuanced understanding of labour contracting in this context.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the agrimafie-caporalato binary: the restructuring of agriculture in Central Italy and its implications on labour relations

As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process ... more As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process of deep restructuring with the expansion of export-oriented production and the rise of global value chains in the agrifood sector. This paper argues that the new way of producing and delivering food, coupled with country-specific conditions, such as the structure of Italian agrarian capital, have created the room for new forms of exploitation, such as those based on seasonal migrant labour through practices of labour contracting and that sometimes amount to forms of 'modern slavery'. These new forms of exploitation are far from being exceptional. Although often associated with the territory control of Mafia organizations, this article argues that migrant labour exploitation through the labour contracting system is an integral feature of the contemporary agricultural production in Italy. This is shown through the case study of the fruit and vegetable production in the south area o...

Research paper thumbnail of The restructuring of Italian agriculture and its impact upon capital–labour relations: Labour contracting and exploitation in the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain of the Lazio Region, Central Italy

Journal of Agrarian Change, 2020

Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries... more Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries. Far from being an anomaly in the smooth everyday functioning of the economy , contractors are a crucial node in facilitating and ensuring global capital's control over local labour regimes. This article uses a global value chain perspective to investigate the re-emergence of gangmasters and gang labour in the agricultural sector of Lazio, Central Italy. It analyses the fruit and vegetable supply chain formation and configuration in the Lazio Region with the aim of identifying the underlying processes leading to the creation of gangmasters by capital to have a cheap and disposable, especially migrant, labour force. It also intends to give a more nuanced understanding of labour contracting in this context.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the agrimafie-caporalato binary: the restructuring of agriculture in Central Italy and its implications on labour relations

DISSE Working Papers_ La Sapienza University, 2019

As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process ... more As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process of deep restructuring with the expansion of export-oriented production and the rise of global value chains in the agrifood sector. This paper argues that the new way of producing and delivering food, coupled with country-specific conditions, such as the structure of Italian agrarian capital, have created the room for new forms of exploitation, such as those based on seasonal migrant labour through practices of labour contracting and that sometimes amount to forms of 'modern slavery'. These new forms of exploitation are far from being exceptional. Although often associated with the territory control of Mafia organizations, this article argues that migrant labour exploitation through the labour contracting system is an integral feature of the contemporary agricultural production in Italy. This is shown through the case study of the fruit and vegetable production in the south area of Lazio region where firms can rely, through the role of labour contractors, on cheap and disposable migrant labour, especially Indian workers.

Research paper thumbnail of I caporali e il loro ruolo nella filiera agroalimentare del Basso Lazio: oltre la criminalizzazione

Sociologia urbana e rurale, Mar 1, 2020

Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing a... more Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing advantage of vulnerable workers. The negative stereotypification of labour contractors fails to capture the different nuances of this figure and the mechanisms underlying the reproduction of their role in the contemporary Italian agricultural production. This is shown through the re-sults of a field research carried out in the agricultural areas of central Italy.

Research paper thumbnail of The restructuring of Italian agriculture and its impact upon capital–labour relations: Labour contracting and exploitation in the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain of the Lazio Region, Central Italy

Journal of Agrarian Change, Aug 15, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the agrimafie-caporalato binary: the restructuring of agriculture in Central Italy and its implications on labour relations

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, May 1, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Riconcettualizzare caporalato e sfruttamento lavorativo: dalla dimensione intersoggettiva vittima-carnefice al “regime di controllo del lavoro”

Sociologia del diritto, Jun 12, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Nuove questioni agrarie nel capitalismo maturo: intermediazione illecita di manodopera e 'nuova schiavitù' nelle campagne italiane

Come altrove nel mondo, la ristrutturazione del settore agricolo italiano, avviatasi agli inizi d... more Come altrove nel mondo, la ristrutturazione del settore agricolo italiano, avviatasi agli inizi degli anni Ottanta, ha assistito all'espansione della produzione export-oriented e all'emergere dell'organizzazione produttiva in filiere, in linea con la dottrina neoliberista che enfatizza l'integrazione nel mercato mondiale come mezzo e fine dello sviluppo di un paese. Un nuovo modo di produrre e fornire cibo che, combinato con le specificità locali, quali la struttura del capitale agrario in Italia, ha creato lo spazio per 'nuove' forme di sfruttamento, quali quelle basate sul lavoro migrante stagionale attraverso la pratica dell'intermediazione illecita di manodopera. Queste forme di sfruttamento sono lungi dall'essere un'eccezione, un'anomalia. Sebbene spesso associate ad isolati comportamenti delinquenziali, se non direttamente ad infiltrazioni di tipo mafioso nel comparto agricolo, la presente ricerca ha riscontrato, al contrario, che lo sfr...

Research paper thumbnail of I caporali e il loro ruolo nella filiera agroalimentare del Basso Lazio: oltre la criminalizzazione

SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE, 2020

Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing a... more Labour contractors in the agricultural sector are often depicted as unscrupulous people tak-ing advantage of vulnerable workers. The negative stereotypification of labour contractors fails to capture the different nuances of this figure and the mechanisms underlying the reproduction of their role in the contemporary Italian agricultural production. This is shown through the re-sults of a field research carried out in the agricultural areas of central Italy.

Research paper thumbnail of The restructuring of Italian agriculture and its impact upon capital–labour relations: Labour contracting and exploitation in the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain of the Lazio Region, Central Italy

Journal of Agrarian Change, 2019

Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries... more Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries. Far from being an anomaly in the smooth everyday functioning of the economy, contractors are a crucial node in facilitating and ensuring global capital's control over local labour regimes. This article uses a global value chain perspective to investigate the re-emergence of gangmasters and gang labour in the agricultural sector of Lazio, Central Italy. It analyses the fruit and vegetable supply chain formation and configuration in the Lazio Region with the aim of identifying the underlying processes leading to the creation of gangmasters by capital to have a cheap and disposable, especially migrant, labour force. It also intends to give a more nuanced understanding of labour contracting in this context.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the agrimafie-caporalato binary: the restructuring of agriculture in Central Italy and its implications on labour relations

As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process ... more As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process of deep restructuring with the expansion of export-oriented production and the rise of global value chains in the agrifood sector. This paper argues that the new way of producing and delivering food, coupled with country-specific conditions, such as the structure of Italian agrarian capital, have created the room for new forms of exploitation, such as those based on seasonal migrant labour through practices of labour contracting and that sometimes amount to forms of 'modern slavery'. These new forms of exploitation are far from being exceptional. Although often associated with the territory control of Mafia organizations, this article argues that migrant labour exploitation through the labour contracting system is an integral feature of the contemporary agricultural production in Italy. This is shown through the case study of the fruit and vegetable production in the south area o...

Research paper thumbnail of The restructuring of Italian agriculture and its impact upon capital–labour relations: Labour contracting and exploitation in the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain of the Lazio Region, Central Italy

Journal of Agrarian Change, 2020

Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries... more Labour contracting is anywhere on the rise globally, even in fully developed capitalist countries. Far from being an anomaly in the smooth everyday functioning of the economy , contractors are a crucial node in facilitating and ensuring global capital's control over local labour regimes. This article uses a global value chain perspective to investigate the re-emergence of gangmasters and gang labour in the agricultural sector of Lazio, Central Italy. It analyses the fruit and vegetable supply chain formation and configuration in the Lazio Region with the aim of identifying the underlying processes leading to the creation of gangmasters by capital to have a cheap and disposable, especially migrant, labour force. It also intends to give a more nuanced understanding of labour contracting in this context.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the agrimafie-caporalato binary: the restructuring of agriculture in Central Italy and its implications on labour relations

DISSE Working Papers_ La Sapienza University, 2019

As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process ... more As in many other countries in the world, the Italian agricultural sector has witnessed a process of deep restructuring with the expansion of export-oriented production and the rise of global value chains in the agrifood sector. This paper argues that the new way of producing and delivering food, coupled with country-specific conditions, such as the structure of Italian agrarian capital, have created the room for new forms of exploitation, such as those based on seasonal migrant labour through practices of labour contracting and that sometimes amount to forms of 'modern slavery'. These new forms of exploitation are far from being exceptional. Although often associated with the territory control of Mafia organizations, this article argues that migrant labour exploitation through the labour contracting system is an integral feature of the contemporary agricultural production in Italy. This is shown through the case study of the fruit and vegetable production in the south area of Lazio region where firms can rely, through the role of labour contractors, on cheap and disposable migrant labour, especially Indian workers.