Handbook of the International Political Economy of Agriculture and Food

Edited by Alessandro Bonanno, Sam Houston State University and the late Lawrence Busch, formerly Michigan State University, US

‘The Handbook will leave readers feeling more confident in their understanding of the political economy of global agri-food systems, and of neoliberalism in particular - a worthy objective for a subject that intimidates many.’

• Contents:THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD: AN INTRODUCTIONAlessandro Bonanno and Lawrence BuschPART I THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD: SELECTED COUNTRIES AND REGIONS1. The Political Economy of Agriculture in Southern AfricaElizabeth Ransom2. “100% Pure”? Private Governance Efforts to Mitigate the Effects of ‘Dirty Dairying on New Zealand’s Environment Carmen Bain and Tamera Dandachi3. The Political Economy of Agri-Food in MexicoFrancisco Martinez and Gilberto Aboites4. Argentina’s Agrifood Transformations in the Context of Globalization: Changing Ways of FarmingClara Craviotti5. The Political Economy of Agriculture in Colombia: An Unfinished BusinessAnouk Patel-Campillo and María del Rosario Castro Bernardini6. Brazilian Farmers, Quality and MarketsJosefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti and Evander Eloi Krone7. The Political Economy of Agriculture and Food in North America: Toward Convergence or Divergence?Gabriela Pechlaner and Gerardo Otero8. Transition of Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in Japan: From Postwar to the Neoliberal EraKae Sekine9. The European Common Agriculture Policy: a Tale of Slow Adjustment to Neoliberal GlobalizationManuel Belo Moreira10. An Overview of Spanish Agriculture in the 21st CenturyMiren Etxezarreta, Jordi Rosell and Lourdes ViladomiuPART II SELECTED THEMES OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD11. The Political Economy of Agri-Food: SupermarketsGeoffrey Lawrence and Jane Dixon12. Finance and the Food SystemMadeleine Fairbairn13. The Political Economy of Labor Relations in Agriculture and FoodAlessandro Bonanno14. The Political Economy of Alternative Agriculture in ItalyMaria Fonte and Ivan Cucco15. Animal Welfare: the Challenges of Implementing a Common Legislation in EuropeMara Miele, Bettina Bock and Lummina Horlings16. International Political Economy of Agricultural Research and DevelopmentLeland Glenna, Barbara Brandl, and Kristal Jones17. Gender and the International Political Economy of Agri-FoodCarolyn SachsIndex