The Contradictions of Neoliberal Agri-Food: Corporations, Resistance, and Disasters in Japan 1

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The Contradictions of Neoliberal Agri-Food: Corporations, Resistance, and Disasters in Japan

Kae Sekine • Alessandro Bonanno

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352 sidor
2016

Employing original fieldwork, historical analysis, and sociological theory, Sekine and Bonanno probe how Japans 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 fishermens emphasis on community collective management of natural resources, they argue, clashes with neoliberalisms 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.

Författare: Kae Sekine, Alessandro Bonanno
Format: Pocket/Paperback
ISBN: 9781943665198
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 352
Utgivningsdatum: 2016-08-30
Förlag: West Virginia University Press