The neoliberal food regime in Latin America: state, agribusiness transnational corporations and biotechnology

@article{Otero2012TheNF,
  title={The neoliberal food regime in Latin America: state, agribusiness transnational corporations and biotechnology},
  author={G. Otero},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'{\'e}tudes du d{\'e}veloppement},
  year={2012},
  volume={33},
  pages={282 - 294}
}
  • G. Otero
  • Published 2012
  • Political Science
  • Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement
Abstract Biotechnology has become the central technological form in agriculture since the neoliberal reformation of capitalism in the 1980s. The food-regime perspective introduced by Friedmann and McMichael (1989) anticipated a transition to a third regime from the second, nation-centered regime of the post-World War II years. This paper proposes and develops the concept of ‘neoliberal’ food regime which captures the regime's central dynamic components: the state, which promotes international… Expand
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