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245 14 a| The contradictions of neoliberal agri-foodh| [electronic resource] :b| corporations, resistance, and disasters in Japan /c| Kae Sekine and Alessandro Bonanno.;

260 a| Morgantown, West Virginia :b| West Virginia University Press,c| 2016.;

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520 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The contradictions of neoliberal agri-food corporations, resistance, and disasters in Japan / Kae Sekine and Alessandro Bonanno.

Author/creator	Sekine, Kae
Other author	Bonanno, Alessandro.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, 2016.
Description	vii, 240 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Food supply--Political aspects. --Japan. Agriculture--Economic aspects. --Japan. Neoliberalism--Japan.

Series	Rural studies series
Abstract	"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.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016004896
ISBN	9781943665198 (paperback)
ISBN	9781943665211 (pdf)

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