04220nam 2200685 450 991082506920332120230808193823.01-943665-20-61-943665-21-4(CKB)3710000000736166(EBL)4570883(OCoLC)952546829(SSID)ssj0001692588(PQKBManifestationID)16543940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001692588(PQKBWorkID)15043687(PQKB)25089343(MiAaPQ)EBC4570883(MdBmJHUP)muse53537(Au-PeEL)EBL4570883(CaPaEBR)ebr11231722(CaONFJC)MIL935163(EXLCZ)99371000000073616620160716h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe contradictions of neoliberal agri-food corporations, resistance, and disasters in Japan /Kae Sekine and Alessandro Bonanno ; cover design by Than Saffel ; book design by Than Saffel ; cover image by Kae SekineFirst edition.Morgantown, [West Virginia] :West Virginia University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (249 p.)Rural Studies SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-943665-19-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Agri-Food in Japan: A Literature Review ; 2. Agriculture and Fisheries in Japan from the Post-World War II High Fordism to the Neoliberal Era (1945-2010) ; 3. Neoliberal Agri-Food Policies in the Aftermath of the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown ; 4. Evolution of Corporate Agri-Food Industrial Policies in Japan: The Cases of Dole Japan, Kagome, IBM, and Sendai Suisan ; 5. Dole Japan's Agricultural Production ; 6. Corporate Agri-Food Industrial Strategies in the Aftermath of the Disasters7. Fisheries and the Special Zone for Reconstruction 8. Agri-Food Corporations, the State, Resistance, and Disaster Reconstruction under Neoliberalism ; 9. Neoliberalism in Japanese Agri-Food: A Systemic Crisis ; References ; Index ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z"Employing original fieldwork, historical analysis, and sociological theory, Sekine and Bonanno probe how Japan's food and agriculture sectors have been shaped by the global push toward privatization and corporate power, known in the social science literature as neoliberalism. They also examine related changes that have occurred after the triple disaster of March 2011 (the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor), noting that reconstruction policy has favored deregulation and the reduction of social welfare. Sekine and Bonanno stress the incompatibility of the requirements of neoliberalism with the structural and cultural conditions of Japanese agri-food. Local farmers' and fishermen's emphasis on community collective management of natural resources, they argue, clashes with neoliberalism's focus on individualism and competitiveness. The authors conclude by pointing out the resulting fundamental contradiction: The lack of recognition of this incompatibility allows the continuous implementation of market solutions to problems that originate in these very market mechanisms"--Provided by publisher.Rural studies series (Morgantown, W.V.)Food supplyPolitical aspectsJapanAgricultureEconomic aspectsJapanNeoliberalismJapanFood supplyPolitical aspectsAgricultureEconomic aspectsNeoliberalism338.10952SOC055000POL033000NAT023000bisacshSekine Kae1142920Bonanno AlessandroSaffel ThanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825069203321The contradictions of neoliberal agri-food4057412UNINA