The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems /

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

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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...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1 map, 5 tables
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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

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