Food Security and the Modernisation Pathway in China Towards Sustainable Agriculture /

• Main Author: Schwoob, Marie-Hélène (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific,
• Subjects: Asia-Politics and government.; Security, International.; Agricultural economics.; Asian Politics.; International Security Studies.; Agricultural Economics.

This book aims at providing students, experts and practitioners with a detailed overview of agricultural and food security issues in China, analyzed through the lenses of a multidisciplinary approach that enables to fully grasp the current socio-political challenges and lock-ins of agricultural tran...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Agriculture: an old issue back on the public agenda
• Chapter 3: Enterprises: the new leaders of agricultural modernization
• Chapter 4: The grip of local states
• Chapter 5: Small farmers "endure or escape"
• Chapter 6: Resulting lock-ins impeding transition towards environmental and social sustainability
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.