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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- I AGRARIAN POLICIES AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES -- II AGRARIAN POLICIES AND THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- III THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY: MEANING AND FUNCTIONING OF INSTITUTIONAL AND MARKET MECHANISMS -- IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE EC AGRICULTURAL POLICY -- V THE AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EC: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS -- VI AGRARIAN POLICY IN THE US AND EC: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS -- About the Authors -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Tables and Figures -- Index.

This book proposes a theory of the legitimation crisis of neoliberalism. Through analyses of the legitimation crisis of regulated capitalism and the characteristics and theories of neoliberalism, the author contends that neoliberalism is affected by crises of system and social integration. The crisis of system integration refers to the inability of market mechanisms to address problems of capital accumulation and social stability. The crisis of social integration refers to the unmet promises of economic growth and social well-being. While attempts to address these crises are carried out through state intervention, crisis resolutions are inadequate due to the limits of the free market system and current state forms. Alessandro Bonanno contends that, as ideological and material forms of legitimation are inadequate, and processes of capital accumulation are sluggish and resistance weak, change is necessary. He outlines how this change will be controlled by corporate actors, minimally address the demands of subordinate groups, and marginally alter existing conditions.

This edited book contains salient papers presented at the XII World Congress of Rural Sociology held in South Korea in 2008. These papers have been selected for their quality and have undergone a peer review process. The rationale behind this book rests on the desire to share the wealth of research presented at the World Congress with interested individuals who could not attend the event and it reflects the empirical work and thinking characterizing contemporary rural sociology. As this sociological sub-discipline evolves along with society and the rural world, it appears of paramount importance to make available ground-breaking research to the international scientific community. Rural sociology is changing and this volume testifies of this change by documenting the introduction of new themes of research as well as the evolution of established ones. In this regard, it provides a unique and uniquely international view of the most recent advanced production in rural sociology. The volume consists of eighteen chapters representing original pieces of research and an introduction that frames them in the context of the evolution of the discipline.

Resistance to corporate domination is one of the characteristics of agri-food in the era of global neoliberalism. In the case of meat, this resistance targets not only production systems – such as CAFOs – but also, and above all, the consumption of industrially produced meat and meat products. This article probes the research question of the extent to which the development of plant-based meat is an effective alternative to corporate industrial meat production. Through the analysis of two plant-based meat companies, Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, this work illustrates the limits of the market based business model adopted by these companies. It allows established transnational corporations to appropriate spaces of resistance historically occupied by left leaning groups and discourses. Among the major new initiatives in the global financial market and in the mass consumption sector (fast food and restaurant chains), plant-based meat is a proposal that has received widespread support from all sides of the political spectrum. The article offers a critique of the assumed "progressive" ideology and practices associated with plant-based meat and concludes with a critique of the limits of a technically based proposal.