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In recent years labor relations have altered significantly and new
and more serious forms of labor marginalization and control have
emerged. 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. The volume stresses the new and emerging
dimensions of labor and its continuous importance under
globalization. Relevant to those studying the use and position of
labor in neoliberal globalization, topics addressed include:
Globalization and change in labor relations, mobility of
agricultural labor, social upgrading, labor relations and
resistance in the value chain.
This volume explores capital mobility under globalization by
studying some of its salient consequences in agriculture and food
in North and South America. It probes the manner in which capital
mobility alters the organization of the temporal and spatial
dimensions that characterize the reproduction of capital. This is
an important aspect of globalization because it reproduces the
tension between the constant attempt of agents of capitalism to
expand their scope of action and accelerate the time of the
reproduction of capital, and the fixed nature of the institutions
and measures that are employed to regulate capitalism. The analysis
of this contradictory aspect of globalization is presented in seven
cases that, while global in scope and social implications, are
located in North and South America. Areas examined include the
organization of labor in the exportation of grapes, fruit producing
regions of Argentina and Brazil, the changing character of small
town Ontario, migration and farmers in Mexico, and North Atlantic
salmon. These original pieces of empirical research are
contextualized by the introduction and common themes underscored in
the concluding chapter.
State Capitalism under Neoliberalism analyzes state capitalism in
agri-food under neoliberalism and investigates state-sponsored
actions designed to counter the negative consequences of the
implementation of free-market policies and strategies. In
particular, it probes efforts of the Brazilian State to respond to
the neoliberalization and corporatization of agriculture and food.
Between 2003 and 2016, the left leaning Workers’ Party (Partido
dos Trabalhadores) governed Brazil, which claimed to support
landless peasants, family farming, food sovereignty, and state
regulation of the unwanted consequences of the evolution of free
market capitalism. The contributors analyze these actions of the
Brazilian state, stressing its accomplishments and limits, and
argue that the emancipatory actions of the Brazilian state
engendered a complex and contradictory set of results which show
that state capitalism is a problematic solution to the problems
generated by the global neoliberal regime.
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