Os mercados são uma incógnita para as ciências sociais. Mesmo situados no centro das
interpretações clássicas sobre a organização das sociedades modernas, eles ainda …

En este capítulo, pasaré revista a los principales paradigmas empleados por científicos y
agentes sociales para analizar los procesos de desarrollo rural en América Latina desde el …

Economical liberalization, market globalization and soy expansion stimulated the advance
of big transnational companies in the Southern Cone countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay …

This chapter reviews the recent polarisation of debates in agrofood and rural studies, in
particular the opposition between network (social relations, actor-network) and political …

Spanish; Castilian. El sector rural en America Latina ha cambiado profundamente durante
las ultimas decadas a raiz de las transformaciones en la tenencia de la tierra, la …

This article provides a critical overview of the literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) in
the food industry, focussing, in particular, on developing countries. Issues related to the …

En la década de los setenta la cuestión agraria ocupó un lugar muy importante tanto en las
materias impartidas en las universidades, sea en las facul-tades de antropología …

This article examines the causes and consequences of multinational investment in
smallholder grain markets in Zambia. We show that direct purchases of smallholder maize …

This book explores, in detail, reasons why relatively little foreign investment (FDI) goes into
the food processing industries of developing countries. The study examines, in six chapters …

This chapter argues that an exclusionary modernization has transformed the social actors
and their relationships in the rural sector. The impact of globalization and modernization on …