Political Economy of the Agri-Food System in Thailand - Hegemony, Counter-Hegemony, and Co-Optation of Oppositions

List of contents

1. An Overview of The Political Economy of the Agri-Food System in Thailand

2. Dynamics of the Global Capitalist Agri-Food System

3. Hegemony in the Agri-Food System in Thailand
4. Counter-Hegemony and Co-optation of Oppositions in the Agri-food System in Thailand
5. The Sustainable Agriculture Movement in Thailand

6. The Land Reform Movement in Thailand

7. Conclusion and Reflections

About the author

Prapimphan Chiengkul is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand. Her research interests are the political economy of development, international/global political economy, green politics, as well as transnational social movements and global governance.

Summary

This book adopts a neo-Marxist and Gramscian approach to studying the political economy of the agricultural and food system in Thailand (1990-2014). The author argues that hegemonic forces have many measures to co-opt dissent into hegemonic structures, and that counter-hegemony should be seen as an ongoing process over a long period of time wher

Product details

• Authors: Prapimphan Chiengkul, Prapimphan (Thammasat University Chiengkul, Chiengkul Prapimphan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367885618
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88561-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Thailand, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Political structure & processes, Political Economy, Social and cultural history, Food security & supply, Political structure and processes, Food security and supply, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General