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={Gerardo Otero}, journal={Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'{\'e}tudes du d{\'e}veloppement}, year={2012}, volume={33}, pages={282 - 294} }
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…
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