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A collection of essays, this volume is subdivided into sections posing research, policy, and strategic questions regarding social change. It introduces conceptual innovations regarding the spatial boundaries of development, sovereignty and the politics of globalization, food regime analysis, recompositions of rural activity, and more.

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New Research Agendas in the Era of Global Development. New Directions in Commodity Chain Analysis of Global Development Processes. (J.L. Collins). Trans-Local and Trans-Regional Socio-Economic Structures in Global Development: A 'Horizontal' Perspective. (S. Halperin). Changing Rural Scenarios and Research Agendas in Latin America in the New Century. (N. Long, B. Roberts). Conquering, Comprador, or Competitive: the National Bourgeoisie in the Developing World. (A. Schrank). Global Development and Policy Questions. What is Food and Farming For? - The (Re)emergence of Health as a Key Policy Driver. (T. Lang). Promoting Sustainable Development: the Question of Governance. (G. Lawrence). 'Stateless' Regulation and Consumer Pressure: Historical Experiences of Transnational Corporate Monitoring. (G. Seidman). Strategic Questions and Global Developments. The Poverty of Resource Extraction. (S.G. Bunker). From Colonialism to Green Capitalism: Social Movements and the Emergence of Food Regimes. (H. Friedmann). Global Development and the Corporate Food Regime. (P. McMichael). Shifting Strategies of Sovereignty: Brazil and the Politics of Globalization. (S. Schoonmaker).

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      Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited
      Published 11 January 2005
      ISBN-13 9780762312504
      978-0762312504
      ISBN-10 0762312505
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      Development studies Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection of essays, this volume is subdivided into sections posing research, policy, and strategic questions regarding social change. It introduces conceptual innovations regarding the spatial boundaries of development, sovereignty and the politics of globalization, food regime analysis, recompositions of rural activity, and more.

      Table of Contents
      New Research Agendas in the Era of Global Development. New Directions in Commodity Chain Analysis of Global Development Processes. (J.L. Collins). Trans-Local and Trans-Regional Socio-Economic Structures in Global Development: A 'Horizontal' Perspective. (S. Halperin). Changing Rural Scenarios and Research Agendas in Latin America in the New Century. (N. Long, B. Roberts). Conquering, Comprador, or Competitive: the National Bourgeoisie in the Developing World. (A. Schrank). Global Development and Policy Questions. What is Food and Farming For? - The (Re)emergence of Health as a Key Policy Driver. (T. Lang). Promoting Sustainable Development: the Question of Governance. (G. Lawrence). 'Stateless' Regulation and Consumer Pressure: Historical Experiences of Transnational Corporate Monitoring. (G. Seidman). Strategic Questions and Global Developments. The Poverty of Resource Extraction. (S.G. Bunker). From Colonialism to Green Capitalism: Social Movements and the Emergence of Food Regimes. (H. Friedmann). Global Development and the Corporate Food Regime. (P. McMichael). Shifting Strategies of Sovereignty: Brazil and the Politics of Globalization. (S. Schoonmaker).

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