Varietals of Capitalism: A Political Economy of the Changing Wine Industry

by Antoine Roger, Xabier Itçaina, Andy Smith

Varietals of Capitalism shows that politics is an omnipresent part of the economics of wine and of economic activity in general. Based on a four-year research project encompassing fieldwork in France, Spain, Italy, and Romania, Xabier Itçaina, Antoine Roger, and Andy Smith examine the causes and effects of a radical reform adopted at the EU level in 2008. Regulatory change politically transformed the rationale of EU support to the wine industry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150170043X
• ISBN13: 9781501700439
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher