Labor relations in globalized food / edited by Alessandro Bonanno, Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonanno, Alessandro.

Cavalcanti, Josefa Salete Barbosa.

Series:

Research in rural sociology and development, 1057-1922 ; v. 20.

Research in rural sociology and development, 1057-1922 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book looks at labor in agriculture and food in a global era by studying salient characteristics of the conditions and use of labor in global agri-food. Written by experienced and also emerging scholars, the chapters present a wealth of empirical data and robust theorizations that allow readers to grasp the complexity of this topic.

Contents:

Globalization and change in labor relations in fruit regions of Brazil and Argentina / Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti, Mónica Isabel Bendini

Restructuring global labor markets : recruitment agencies and work relations in the wild berry commodity chain / Charlotta Hedberg

Capitalization strategies and labor in agricultural machinery contractors in Argentina / José Muzlera

Labor relations and issues in the poultry sector in Mexico / Gilberto Aboites, Francisco Martínez

Petty commodity production in the neoliberal phase of global capitalism : the case of grape production in Çanakkale / Burcu Saka

From workers' cooperative to hired-labor farm : accommodating to global market pressures in Slovak post-socialist agriculture / Jana Lindbloom

Agriculture with or without farmers : a comparative analysis of adaptation and resistance among family farmers in Argentina and Colombia / Sandra Lucía Fonseca Santanilla, Carolina Carvajal Castro

State and regulation of labor relations in the sugarcane fields of Brazil / Maria Aparecida de Moraes Silva, Marilda Aparecida Menezes, Jadir Damião Ribeiro

Labor, gender and political conflicts in the global agri-food system : the case of the agri-export model in Murcia, Spain / Andrés Pedreño, Elena Gadea, Carlos de Castro

Effects of the division of labor on the distribution of fresh produce : the case of Argentina / Alberto Arce, María Laura Viteri, Mónica Mateos

The processing of palm oil in Chiapas, Mexico : resistance and alternatives / Héctor B. Fletes-Ocón, Alessandro Bonanno

Conclusions : labor between exploitation and resistance / Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti, Alessandro Bonanno.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781783507122

1783507128

OCLC:

881472087