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• Cover
• Front Matter
• Abbreviations
• 1 Unpacking the World Food Economy
• Going Global
• How Did We Get Here?
• With What Impact?
• Conclusion
• References and Notes
• 2 The Rise of a Global Industrial Food Market
• Surplus Production and the Expansion of Export Markets
• Exporting the Industrial Agricultural Model
• Multiple Crises: Shifts in the Order
• Conclusion
• References and Notes
• 3 Expanding Food Trade
• Structural Adjustment Programs
• The 1994 Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture
• The Doha Round: A Failed Attempt to Rectify Imbalances
• Shifts in Global Agricultural Trade Norms
• Trade and Food Security
• Conclusion
• References and Notes
• 4 Growing Corporate Control
• The Emergence of Global Food Corporations
• Modern Day Corporate Concentration
• Sources of Corporate Influence
• Conclusion
• References and Notes
• 5 The Financialization of Food
• The Food Crisis Heightens Awareness of Financial Actors in Food Systems
• Financial Speculation in Agricultural Commodities
• Financialization of Farmland, Agricultural Production, and Agribusiness
• Conclusion
• References and Notes
• 6 Justice and Sustainability in the World Food
• Climate Change Complicates Ongoing Challenges
• The Dominant Vision for Reform
• Alternative Models
• Which Way Forward?
• References and Notes
• Selected Readings
• Index
• End User License Agreement