The Neoliberal Regime in the Agri-Food Sector

Abstract

Introduction Steven A. Wolf and Alessandro Bonanno Part 1: Theoretical Analyses and Key Concepts 1. The Legitimation Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization: Instances from Agriculture and Food Alessandro Bonanno 2. How Neoliberal Myths Endanger Democracy and Open New Avenues for Democratic Action Lawrence Busch 3. Policing the New Enclosures: On Violence, Primitive Accumulation, and Crisis in the Neoliberal Food System Morgan Buck Part 2: Case Studies 4. The Rise and Fall of a Prairie Giant: the Canadian Wheat Board in Food Regime History Andre Magnan 5. Navigating the Neoliberal-Nativist Interface: Farmer Survival and the Construction of Racially Segregated Workplaces Jill Harrison 6. Creating Rupture through Policy: Considering the Importance of Ideas in Agrifood Change Rebecca L. Som Castellano 7. Beyond Farming: Cases of Revitalization of Rural Communities through Multi-Role Community Farming Enterprise as Social Service Provider Haruhiko Iba and Kiyohiko Sakamoto Part 3: Research Opportunities 8. To Bt or not to Bt? State, Civil Society, and Firms Debate GM Seeds in Democratic India Devparna Roy 9. Turning of the Tide: Rising Discontent over Transgenic Crops in Brazil Karine Peschard 10. U.S. Agrienvironmental Policy: Neoliberalization of Nature Meets Old Public Management Steven A. Wolf 11. For Competitiveness Sake?: Material Competition vs. Competitiveness as a National Project Anouk Patel-Campillo 12. The Neoliberal Food Regime in Latin America: State, Agribusiness Transnational Corporations and Biotechnology Gerardo Otero 13. 'Just Another Asset Class'?: Neoliberalism, Finance, and the Construction of Farmland Investment Madeleine Fairbairn 14. Neoliberalism in the Antipodes: Understanding the Influence and Limits of the Neoliberal Political Project Geoffrey Lawrence Hugh Campbell 15. Conclusion: The Plasticity and Contested Terrain of Neoliberalism Steven A. Wolf and Alessandro Bonanno