The paper's background is a revival of the historically dominant narrative on the large-scale and plantation farming (LSF and PF) in Africa, in reaction to the contemporary phenomenon of 'land grabbing'. The historical antecedents of this narrative are examined and its central contentions - that...

Der Reader ist aus einem Seminar über "The Social and Political Context of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa" in Bergen (Norwegen) im Oktober 1990 hervorgegangen. Seine Artikel diskutieren die sozialen und politischen Aus- und Rückwirkungen von Strukturanpassungspolitik, insbesondere...

"This collection focuses on new generations of international standards and regulations in the agro-food sector and on issues relating to conformity to them in low-income countries. Its analyses draw of political economy, economics, economic geography and economic sociology"--Provided by publisher