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The political economy of agro-food markets in China : a social construction of the markets in an era of globalization / edited by Louis Augustin-Jean, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Bjorn Alpermann, Chair of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Würzburg, Germany.
Lippincott Library HD9000.5 .P6237 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural industries--China.
- Agricultural industries.
- China.
- Industrial policy--China.
- Industrial policy.
- Globalization--Economic aspects--China.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 329 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Contents:
- Notes on the contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: the political economy of agro-food markets in China : the social construction of markets in an era of globalization
- The theoretical foundation of agro-food markets
- Markets as political institutions
- An approach to food quality in China : agenda for a future research
- From producers to consumers: the market for food products
- Post-reform grain markets and prices in China
- China's sugar under globalization forces : market structures and state decision making in the context of liberalization
- A diachronic analysis of the beef industry
- Understanding the growth and the decline of small-farm productions in the swine industry in Guangdong province and in China from 1980 to 2010
- From farm to factory : fibres and biofuels
- China's cotton market as a strategic action field
- Drivers and dynamics of the Chinese wool market
- Development of contract farming in Chinese sericulture and silk industry
- Growth, globalization and upgrading of the Chinese cashmere industry
- Fuels for the future? the emerging architecture in China's liquid biofuels market
- Conclusion: economic sociology and the political economy of China's agro-food markets.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781137277947
- 1137277947
- OCLC:
- 855581319
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