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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458533803321

Titolo

Labor relations in globalized food / / edited by Alessandro Bonanno, Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti ; contributors, Gilberto Aboites [and twenty others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78350-712-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Research in Rural Sociology and Development, , 1057-1922 ; ; Volume 20

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - Southern States - History

Agriculture - Southern States - History

Family farms - Southern States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; LABOR RELATIONS IN GLOBALIZED FOOD; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; INTRODUCTION; PART I: LABOR USE, MOBILITY, CONTROL, CONTRACTING AND COOPERATIVES IN GLOBAL AGRI-FOOD; CHAPTER 1 GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGE IN LABOR RELATIONS IN FRUIT REGIONS OF BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA; INTRODUCTION; THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL MIGRANT LABOR; GRAPE PRODUCTION IN THE SAN FRANCISCO VALLEY, BRAZIL; THE FRUIT VALLEYS OF NORTHERN PATAGONIA; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 RESTRUCTURING GLOBAL LABOR MARKETS: RECRUITMENT AGENCIES AND WORK RELATIONS IN THE WILD BERRY COMMODITY CHAIN INTRODUCTION; CONCEPTUALIZING "GLOBAL WORK" IN AGRICULTURE; "GLOBAL WORK" IN THE WILD BERRY GCC; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 CAPITALIZATION STRATEGIES AND LABOR IN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY CONTRACTORS IN ARGENTINA; INTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL MACHINE CONTRACTORS IN THE



PAMPAS; LABOR FORCE, ORGANIZATION, AND CAPITALIZATION STRATEGIES; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 4 LABOR RELATIONS AND ISSUES IN THE POULTRY SECTOR IN MEXICO INTRODUCTION; LABOR FLEXIBILITY AND CONTRACT FARMING IN POULTRY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF LABOR FLEXIBILITY IN POULTRY FARMING; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 PETTY COMMODITY PRODUCTION IN THE NEOLIBERAL PHASE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM: THE CASE OF GRAPE PRODUCTION IN ÇANAKKALE; INTRODUCTION; PCP IN THE CONTEMPORARY PHASE OF NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM; THE CASE; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 6 FROM WORKERS' COOPERATIVE TO HIRED-LABOR FARM: ACCOMMODATING TO GLOBAL MARKET PRESSURES IN SLOVAK POST-SOCIALIST AGRICULTURE COMPLEX POST-SOCIALIST AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES; THE FIRST DECADE IN THE (GLOBALIZED) MARKET ECONOMY: PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION; THE SECOND DECADE: PROFITABILITY THROUGH EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT; ATTRACTIVE DELOCALIZED COOPERATIVES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; MAGAZINES ABOUT (COOPERATIVE) AGRICULTURE; PART II: LABOR RELATIONS AND RESISTANCE IN THE VALUE CHAIN: PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND RETAILING

CHAPTER 7 AGRICULTURE WITH OR WITHOUT FARMERS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADAPTATION AND RESISTANCE AMONG FAMILY FARMERS IN ARGENTINA AND COLOMBIA INTRODUCTION; A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS: DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF PRODUCTION AND, SHARED TRAJECTORIES OF CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; TRANSFORMATIONS AND STRATEGIES: ELEMENTS FOR THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CASE; CÓRDOBA, COLOMBIA - A TERRITORY IN DISPUTE: BETWEEN MEGA-PROJECTS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC FORMATIONS; LOCAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS AS A FORM OF PERSISTENCE

FROM DAIRY TO SOYBEAN: THE CASE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN JUSTO IN THE PROVINCE OF CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA

Sommario/riassunto

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.