The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems

by Philip D. McMichael

• ISBN13: 9780801429408
• ISBN10: 0801429404
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2019-05-15
• Publisher: Cornell University Press

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
Introduction: Agro-Food System Restructuring - Unity in Diversity	p. 1
Japanese and South Korean Agricultural Restructuring in Comparative and Global Perspective	p. 21
Sweden's 1990 Food Policy Reform: From Democratic Corporatism to Neoliberalism	p. 53
Agricultural Change in the Semiperiphery: The Murray-Darling Basin, Australia	p. 76
Finance Capital and Food System Restructuring: National Incorporation of Global Dynamics	p. 107
Industrial and Labor Market Transformation in the U.S. Meatpacking Industry	p. 129
The Politics of Globalization in Rural Mexico: Campesino Initiatives to Restructure the Agricultural Credit System	p. 145
The Global Fresh Fruit and Vegetable System: An Industrial Organization Analysis	p. 173
Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages in Latin American Nontraditional Fruit and Vegetable Exports	p. 190
The Restructuring of Third World Agro-Exports: Changing Production Relations in the Dominican Republic	p. 214
Is the Technical Model of Agriculture Changing Radically?	p. 241
Distance and Durability: Shaky Foundations of the World Food Economy	p. 258
Global Restructuring: Some Lines of Inquiry	p. 277
Index	p. 301
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