International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
Published by Michigan State University
Official publication of the Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food (RC-40)
of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
Editors: Raymond Jussaume, Claire Marris and Katerina Psarikidou
Frequency: 3 issues per year
ISSN: 0798-1759
Volume 16 Issue 2 (2009)
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Special Issue
SOURCES AND EXPRESSIONS OF POWER IN GLOBAL FOOD COORDINATION AND RURAL SITES: DOMINATION, COUNTER-DOMINATION AND ALTERNATIVES
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Foreword
Gianluca Brunori 1
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Editorial Introduction
Sources and Expressions of Power in Global Food Coordination and Rural Sites:
Domination, Counter-domination and Alternatives 2-20
Alberto Arce
Articles
‘Local Food’ As a Contested Concept:
Networks, Knowledges and Power in Food-based Strategies for Rural Development 21-35
Hilary Tovey
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Dynamics of Power and Cooperation in Rural Development:
The Case of Chianina Beef Production in Italy 36-53
Yoko Kanemasu and Roberta Sonnino
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The Buenos Aires Central Wholesale Market (BACWN): A Case of Multiple Power 54-69
Maria Laura Viteri
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Agribusiness Involvement in Local Agriculture as a ‘White Knight’?
A Case Study of Dole Japan’s Fresh Vegetable Business 70-89
Kae Sekine and Shuji Hisano
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Supply vs. Demand of Agri-industrial Meat and Fish Products: A Chicken and Egg Paradigm? 90-105
Marta G. Rivera-Ferre
Book Review
Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis, by Christopher D. Cook 106-109
Omar Faruque