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State Capitalism under Neoliberalism

The Case of Agriculture and Food in Brazil

Alessandro Bonanno editor Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lexington Books

Published:10th Sep '19

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State Capitalism under Neoliberalism analyzes state capitalism in agri-food under neoliberalism and investigates state-sponsored actions designed to counter the negative consequences of the implementation of free-market policies and strategies. In particular, it probes efforts of the Brazilian State to respond to the neoliberalization and corporatization of agriculture and food. Between 2003 and 2016, the left leaning Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) governed Brazil, which claimed to support landless peasants, family farming, food sovereignty, and state regulation of the unwanted consequences of the evolution of free market capitalism. The contributors analyze these actions of the Brazilian state, stressing its accomplishments and limits, and argue that the emancipatory actions of the Brazilian state engendered a complex and contradictory set of results which show that state capitalism is a problematic solution to the problems generated by the global neoliberal regime.

How has neoliberal globalization altered the contours of Brazil’s agri-food industries? According to the contributors of this well-grounded and illuminating collection, neoliberalism has strengthened the hand of corporate capital, created larger farms, fostered an unsustainable form of productivist agriculture, and has curtailed the state’s ability to address the needs of family farmers, peasant producers, and minorities who strive to make a living from the land. This book is a valuable resource for scholars—including sociologists, geographers, political economists, and policy analysts—seeking a conceptually rich understanding of agri-food transformations in contemporary Brazil. -- Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland

ISBN: 9781498589895

Dimensions: 229mm x 160mm x 21mm

Weight: 476g

192 pages