The Global restructuring of agro-food systems / edited by Philip McMichael.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McMichael, Philip.

Series:

Food systems and agrarian change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural industries.

Food supply.

Physical Description:

xi, 303 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [1994]

Summary:

Across the world, food systems and agricultural systems are changing at a phenomenal rate. Widespread restructuring has not been confined to the production and distribution of food, though; many regions and even nations are undergoing social, political, and economic transformation as well. Bringing together twelve essays by scholars from a number of disciplines, I this timely book documents the interdependence of food systems, nation states, and the world economy. Stressing the political foundations of global agro-food systems, it sheds light on such complex questions as whether today's changes in food and agrarian systems anticipate a new world order, or are merely efforts to preserve an old order in crisis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801429404

0801481562

OCLC:

29596312