The Political Economy of the Agri-Food System in Thailand: Hegemony, Counter-Hegemony, and Co-Optation of Oppositions

ISBN-13: 9780367885618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 216 str.

Prapimphan Chiengkul

Opis

This book adopts a neo-Marxist and Gramscian approach to studying the political economy of the agricultural and food system in Thailand (1990-2014). The author argues that hegemonic forces have many measures to co-opt dissent into hegemonic structures, and that counter-hegemony should be seen as an ongoing process over a long period of time wher

Spis treści

1. An Overview of The Political Economy of the Agri-Food System in Thailand

2. Dynamics of the Global Capitalist Agri-Food System

3. Hegemony in the Agri-Food System in Thailand

4. Counter-Hegemony and Co-optation of Oppositions in the Agri-food System in Thailand

5. The Sustainable Agriculture Movement in Thailand

6. The Land Reform Movement in Thailand

7. Conclusion and Reflections

O autorze

Prapimphan Chiengkul is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand. Her research interests are the political economy of development, international/global political economy, green politics, as well as transnational social movements and global governance.