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

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Prapimphan Chiengkul, Prapimphan (Thammasat University Chiengkul, Chiengkul Prapimphan
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico
• EAN: 9780367885618
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88561-8
• Numero di pagine: 216
• Serie: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Categorie: 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, Food sovereignty, Gramscian theory, agrarian political economy, rural social movements, sustainable land governance, neo-marxist analysis, cross-class alliance dynamics