Commodification of Global Agrifood Systems and Agro-Ecology: Convergence, Divergence and Beyond in Turkey

ISBN-13: 9780367595166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 294 str.

Yıldız Atasoy

Opis

Commodification of Global Agrifood Systems and Agro-Ecology employs a form of comparative perspective which allows the particular processes of restructuring of agrifood relations in Turkey to be simultaneously distinguished from, yet related to, changes taking place in global power dynamics.  Based on original research, the

Spis treści

1 Agrifood Systems and Supermarketization

2 Breaking from the Past: Changes in Agricultural Land Use

3 GlobalGAP and Agro-Biotechnology: Syngenta and Rijk Zwaan in Turkish Villages

4 Farming Imaginaries: Convergence, Divergence and Beyond

5 The Taste and Smell of Place

6 Trust and Trustworthiness: Paternalist Labour Relations in Agriculture

7 Supermarkets and Pazars: Divergent Paths

8 A Discussion on Diversity

O autorze

Yıldız Atasoy is professor of Sociology, Associate Member of the School for International Studies and Associate Member of the Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Her books include: Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity (edited); Islam’s Marriage with Neoliberalism: State Transformation in Turkey; Hegemonic Transitions, the State and Crisis in Neoliberal Capitalism (edited); Turkey, Islamists and Democracy: Transition and Globalization in a Muslim State; and Global Shaping and Its Alternatives (edited).