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Author : F. LaMond Tullis,W. Ladd Hollist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 8185007187
Author : F. LaMond Tullis,W. Ladd Hollist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608020486
Author : Alessandro Bonanno,Lawrence Busch
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782548263
This book tackles the central question of the political and structural changes and characteristics that govern agriculture and food. Original contributions explore this highly globalized economic sector by analyzing salient geographical regions and sub
Author : W. Ladd Hollist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038045378
Focuses on three political economy themes: developing countries' food policies; the international political economy of food and agriculture (trade relations, foreign food aid, agribusiness); and what mixture of capital-intensive and labour-intensive techniques to use.
Author : Johan Swinnen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137501028
Food and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries. Today, more than half a trillion US dollars are spent by some governments to support farmers, while other governments impose regulations and taxes that hurt farmers. Some policies, such as price regulations and tariffs, distribute income but reduce total welfare by introducing economic distortions. Other policies, such as public investments in research, food standards, or land reforms, may increase total welfare, but these policies come also with distributional effects. These distributional effects influence the preferences of interest groups and in turn influence policy decisions. Political considerations are therefore crucial to understand how agricultural and food policies are determined, to identify the constraints within which welfare-enhancing reforms are possible (or not), and finally to understand how coalitions can be created to stimulate growth and reduce poverty.
Author : Kimberly A. Weir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317259435
What did you have for breakfast? Did you ever stop to think about the people and steps involved with how your banana or cereal got on your plate? Nearly everyone is a part of the global food system, yet few people are aware of how it operates. Kimberly A. Weir starts by evaluating how we are connected with spice farmers, cocoa bean growers, soybean producers, tomato pickers, and tuna fishers not only gives insight into where we fit in the global food chain, but also offers a unique way to understand the aspects and concepts of the global political economy. The book begins by figuring out where readers fit in the global food chain, looking at what affects eating habits and choices, and situating these factors in a global context. From Jicama to Jackfruit provides that insight in abundance.
Author : J. Harrigan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137339386
A political economy analysis of the history of food security in the Arab world, including the role played by the global food price crisis in the Arab Spring and the Arab response aiming at greater food sovereignty via domestic food production and land acquisition overseas – the so-called land grab.
Author : Raymond F. Hopkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0299077543
Author : Thiago Costantino, Agostina Lima
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838214818
People are often surprised to learn that although the current global levels of food production are sufficient to feed all of humanity, the problems of undernourishment increase year by year in many countries. Economic growth, while important, is not a guarantee for reducing hunger. The intensification of income concentration worldwide, in the face of the persistence of millions of hungry families, demonstrates that economic interest is not guided by the needs of humanity. Moreover, the problem of food no longer refers to the lack of food alone. Many people are still unaware that our diets are not simply choices of taste and tradition but the result of international dynamics driven by geopolitical factors, the trajectory of capitalism, and other ulterior forces. The authors deepen the link between international relations and food security by exploring the humanitarian and ethical importance of a solution to the problem of hunger; the role of the state as a strategically relevant actor in achieving food security; and the nature of the problem of food security in a world in which the rationale guiding food production and distribution is a capitalist one.
Author : John W. Warnock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000124347
Originally published in 1987. This important and provocative book explains the persistence of hunger, poverty, and the lack of balanced development in many countries and the central role of agriculture in economic development. Most theories of agricultural development are based on the experiences of western Europe and the United States while the two models for successful "late development" have been Japan and the Soviet Union. This book surveys the evolution of agriculture under colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia and concludes that this long period distorted the development prospects for these areas and retarded the production of food. Under strong state capitalist governments, a few underdeveloped countries have broken the colonial patterns of development. However, other post-revolutionary societies are having far less success because of economic blockades and outside military intervention. While the primary focus of the book is on the short-run problems of inequality, the author examines the long-run ecological and resource constraints to a sustainable food system and raising the standard of living in the underdeveloped world.
Author : Peter Andrée,Jeffrey Ayres,Michael J. Bosia,Marie-Josée Massicotte
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442612280
This collection examines expressions of food sovereignty ranging from the direct action tactics of La Vía Campesina in Brazil to the consumer activism of the Slow Food movement and the negotiating stances of states from the global South at WTO negotiations. With each case, the contributors explore how claiming food sovereignty allows individuals to challenge the power of global agribusiness and reject neoliberal market economics.
Author : Thomas D. Lairson,David Skidmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134111930
This text offers a rethinking of the field of international political economy in an era of growing but uneven globalization. Even as global integration advances, states play central roles as partners with the largest of global firms, as the catalysts of competitiveness and economic growth, as the creators of global institutions, and in promoting and responding to global interdependence. Indeed, the struggle for power and wealth within and among states underscores the primacy of politics in understanding current realities. At the same time, new issues and actors complicate the global agenda as it expands to address the environment, global health, and food security. By offering a clear explanation of basic concepts, contextualizing the presentation of theoretical debates, and placing current events in historical context, International Political Economy ensures students a deep understanding of how the global economy works and the ways in which globalization affects their lives and those of people around the world. Key Content and Features Engages debates over the reach and significance of globalization. Examines the sources and consequences of global financial instability. Explores the origins and consequences of global inequality. Compares various strategies of development and state roles in competitiveness. Discusses the role of key international economic institutions. Considers the impact of the rise of China on the global economy and the potential for war and peace. Illustrates collective efforts to fight hunger, disease, and environmental threats. Includes numerous graphs and illustrations throughout and end of chapter discussion questions. Links key concepts for each chapter to a glossary at the end of the book. Provides a list of acronyms at the outset and annotated further readings at the end of each chapter. Offers additional resources on a web site related to the text, including a list of links to IPE-related web pages.
Author : Vilho Harle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015009151518
From the John Holmes Library collection.
Author : Ted P. Schmidt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317561347
The financialization, globalization and industrialization of our food systems make it increasingly difficult to access quality fresh food. In fact, the industrialized global food system is creating products that are less food-like, engendering growing questions about the health and safety of our food supply. In addition, the bio-engineering of food commodities is another factor influencing the growth of industrial farming for an increasingly homogenized, globalized market. This book describes the financialization process in commodity futures markets which transformed commodities into an asset class. Incorporated into the portfolio decisions of investors, commodity prices now behave like all asset prices, becoming more volatile and subject to periodic bubbles. As commodity prices were driven higher in the 2000s, farmland became more valuable, setting off a global land grab by investors, nations, and corporations. More recently, under the financialization food regime, slow growth and low returns encouraged merger activity driven by private equity firms, with food industry corporations as prime targets, leading to increased industry concentration. With government policy focused on supporting corporate interests, there has been a global reaction to the current food system. The food sovereignty movement is taking on the interests behind the global land grab, and the regional food movement in cities across the U.S. is hitting corporations at the bottom line. Food corporations are listening. Is the food movement winning? This book is of interest to those who study political economy, financialization and agriculture and related studies, as well as food systems and commodity future markets.
Author : Mark Tilzey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319645568
This book asks how we are to understand the relationship between capitalism and the environment, capitalism and food, and capitalism and social resistance. These questions come together to form a study of food regimes and the means by which capitalism organises both the environment and people to provision its distinctive system of ever-expanding consumption with food. Political Ecology, Food Regimes, and Food Sovereignty explores whether there are environmental limits to capitalism and its economic growth by addressing the ongoing and inter-linked crises of food, fossil fuels, and finance. It also considers its political limits, as the globally burgeoning ‘precariat’, peasants and indigenous people resist the further commodification of their livelihoods. This book draws from the field of Political Ecology to approach new ways of analysing capitalism, the environment and resistance, and also to propose new solutions to the current agro-ecological-economic crisis. It will be of particular interest to students and academics of Environmental Sociology, Human Geography, and Environmental Geography.