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Book SynopsisLarge-scale socio-economic, political and structural changes characterize contemporary agriculture and food today. This
Handbook provides an essential overview to help readers understand the future evolution of agri-food through an analysis of the economy in key regions around the world.
Along with chapters that investigate agri-food in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Oceania, the book includes contributions that cover topics such as labor, science and technology, the financialization of agri-food, and supermarkets.
This Handbook will be required reading for researchers, scholars and students in the social sciences looking to learn more about agriculture and food. Policy makers and industry leaders interested in agri-food will also find this to be an insightful read.
Contributors: G. Aboites, C. Bain, J.S. Barbosa Cavalcanti, M.Belo Moreira, B. Bock, A. Bonanno, B. Brandl, L. Busch, I. Cucco, T. Dandachi, M. del Rosario Castro Bernardini, J. Dixon, M. Etxezarreta, M. Fairbairn, M. Fonte, L. Glenna, L. Horlings, K. Jones, E.E. Krone, G. Lawrence, F. Martinez, M. Miele, G. Otero, A. Patel-Campillo, G. Pechlaner, E. Ransom, J. Rosell, C. Sachs, K. Sekine, L. Viladomiu
Trade Review'This Handbook
makes an important contribution to agrifood studies. Departing from more generalized analyses of globalization and neo-liberalism we are presented with a rich range of country level and thematic studies by highly respected authors. In this way, common trends are subjected to the detailed scrutiny of individual Nation States both in the North and the South, unwrapping the heterogeneous forces at work in each. The thematic section in its focus on key issues and actors similarly exposes the complex tendencies often hidden by more generalized accounts of the global agrifood system. Political economy at its best!' --John Wilkins, Graduate Center for Development, Agriculture and Society, Rural Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Table of ContentsContents: THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD: AN INTRODUCTION Alessandro Bonanno and Lawrence Busch PART I THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD: SELECTED COUNTRIES AND REGIONS 1. The Political Economy of Agriculture in Southern Africa Elizabeth Ransom 2. “100% Pure”? Private Governance Efforts to Mitigate the Effects of ‘Dirty Dairying on New Zealand’s Environment Carmen Bain and Tamera Dandachi 3. The Political Economy of Agri-Food in Mexico Francisco Martinez and Gilberto Aboites 4. Argentina’s Agrifood Transformations in the Context of Globalization: Changing Ways of Farming Clara Craviotti 5. The Political Economy of Agriculture in Colombia: An Unfinished Business Anouk Patel-Campillo and María del Rosario Castro Bernardini 6. Brazilian Farmers, Quality and Markets Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti and Evander Eloi Krone 7. The Political Economy of Agriculture and Food in North America: Toward Convergence or Divergence? Gabriela Pechlaner and Gerardo Otero 8. Transition of Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in Japan: From Postwar to the Neoliberal Era Kae Sekine 9. The European Common Agriculture Policy: a Tale of Slow Adjustment to Neoliberal Globalization Manuel Belo Moreira 10. An Overview of Spanish Agriculture in the 21st Century Miren Etxezarreta, Jordi Rosell and Lourdes Viladomiu PART II SELECTED THEMES OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD 11. The Political Economy of Agri-Food: Supermarkets Geoffrey Lawrence and Jane Dixon 12. Finance and the Food System Madeleine Fairbairn 13. The Political Economy of Labor Relations in Agriculture and Food Alessandro Bonanno 14. The Political Economy of Alternative Agriculture in Italy Maria Fonte and Ivan Cucco 15. Animal Welfare: the Challenges of Implementing a Common Legislation in Europe Mara Miele, Bettina Bock and Lummina Horlings 16. International Political Economy of Agricultural Research and Development Leland Glenna, Barbara Brandl, and Kristal Jones 17. Gender and the International Political Economy of Agri-Food Carolyn Sachs Index
