The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems / / ed. by Philip D. McMichael.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Byé, Pascal,; Fonte, Maria,; Friedland, William H.,; Friedmann, Harriet,; Kim, Chul-Kyoo,; Lawrence, Geoffrey,; Llambi, Luis,; Marsden, Terry K.,; McMichael, Philip,; Myhre, David,; Raynolds, Laura T.,; Stanley, Kathleen,; Vail, David,; Vanclay, Frank,; Whatmore, Sarah,
• HerausgeberIn: McMichael, Philip D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Food Systems and Agrarian Change
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1 map, 5 tables

Across the world, food systems and agricultural systems are changing at a phenomenal rate. Widespread restructuring has not been confined to the production and distribution of food, though; many regions and even nations are undergoing social, political, and economic transformation as well. Bringing together twelve essays by scholars from a number of disciplines, I this timely book documents the interdependence of food systems, nation states, and the world economy. Stressing the political foundations of global agro-food systems, it sheds light on such complex questions as whether today's changes in food and agrarian systems anticipate a new world order, or are merely efforts to preserve an old order in crisis.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction: Agro-Food System Restructuring-Unity in Diversity -- PART I. State-Level Restructuring -- 1. Japanese and South Korean Agricultural Restructuring in Comparative and Global Perspective -- 2. Sweden's 1990 Food Policy Reform: From Democratic Corporatism to Neoliberalism -- 3. Agricultural Change in the Semiperiphery: The Murray-Darling Basin, Australia -- PART II. Sectoral Restructuring -- 4. Finance Capital and Food System Restructuring: National Incorporation of Global Dynamics -- 5. Industrial and Labor Market Transformation in the U.S. Meatpacking Industry -- 6. The Politics of Globalization in Rural Mexico: Campesino Initiatives to Restructure the Agricultural Credit System -- PART III. Global Region Restructuring -- 7. The Global Fresh Fruit and Vegetable System: An Industrial Organization Analysis -- 8. Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages in Latin American Nontraditional Fruit and Vegetable Exports -- 9. The Restructuring of Third World Agro-Exports: Changing Production Relations in the Dominican Republic -- PART IV. Common, Contradictory, and Contingent Forces -- 10. Is the Technical Model of Agriculture Changing Radically? -- 11. Distance and Durability: Shaky Foundations of the World Food Economy -- 12. Global Restructuring: Some Lines of Inquiry -- Index