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1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations |
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Resources |
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Resources (Polity Press)
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| Contents |
1. Unpacking the world food economy. Going global ; How did we get here? ; With what impact? ; Resistance -- 2. The rise of a global industrial food market. Surplus production and the expansion of export markets ; Exporting the industrial agricultural model ; Multiple crises: shifts in the order -- 3. Agricultural trade liberalization. Structural adjustment programs ; The 1994 Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture ; The Doha Round: a failed attempt to rectify imbalances ; Let's make a deal? ; Is agricultural trade liberalization worth it? -- 4. Transnational corporations. The emergence of global food corporations ; Modern day corporate concentration ; Sources of corporate influence -- 5. Financialization of food. Initial explanations of the food price crisis ; Financial markets and the food crisis ; Financialization, land grabs, and biofuels -- 6. Can the world food economy be transformed? The dominant vision ; Alternative models ; Which way forward? |
| Summary |
"We all need food to survive, and forty percent of the world?s population relies on agriculture for their livelihood. Yet control over food is concentrated in relatively few hands. Turmoil in the world food economy over the past decade - including the food price crisis, intensification of land grabs, and clashes over rules governing global food trade - has highlighted both the volatility and vulnerability inherent in the way we currently organize this vital sector. At the same time, contrasting extremes of both undernourishment and overnourishment affect a significant proportion of humanity. There is also growing awareness of the serious ecological consequences that stem from industrial models of agriculture that are increasingly spreading worldwide. The revised and updated second edition of this popular book aims to contribute to a fuller understanding of the forces that influence and shape the current global food system. In it, Jennifer Clapp explores how the rise of industrial agriculture, corporate control, inequitable agricultural trade rules, and the financialization of food have each enabled powerful actors to gain fundamental influence on the practices that dominate the world food economy. A variety of movements have emerged that are making important progress in establishing alternative food systems but, as Clapp's penetrating analysis ably shows, significant challenges remain."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 25, 2019) |
| Subject |
Food supply -- Economic aspects
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
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Agricultural industries.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Agricultural industries
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects
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Food supply -- Economic aspects
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781509500833 |
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1509500839 |
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