Rice and Agricultural Policies in Japan The Loss of a Traditional Lifestyle /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Freiner, Nicole L. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Political economy.; Japan-History.; Asia-Politics and government.; Anthropology.; Comparative politics.; Ethnology-Asia.; International Political Economy.; History of Japan.; Asian Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Asian Culture.

This book chronicles Japan's rice farmers who live in mainly rural areas in the west and south of Japan through original interviews conducted in Japanese. It argues that current agricultural policy as well as the tightening relationship between the US and Japan is a death sentence for a traditi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Chapter One: Introduction: The Politics of Rice in Japan
• 2. Chapter Two: Rice in Japanese History and Cultural Tradition
• 3. Chapter Three: The Political Landscape: Recent Agricultural Policies and Rice Growers
• 4. Chapter Four: Global Orders of Trade: Pacific Partnership and International Agreements
• 5. Chapter Five: JA Zenchu: The role of the agricultural cooperative
• 6. Chapter Six: Citizen Consumers: Cultural Protection and Japan's Food Movement
• 7. Chapter Seven: Food Security: The Role of Rice in Japan and Asia
• 8. Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Future Recommendations: The Loss of Japan's Rice Growing Culture. .