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

by Alessandro Bonanno and Kae Sekine

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),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943665192
• ISBN13: 9781943665198
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"