Neoliberalism and the making of food politics in California

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1171-1183

  Guthman, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro food studies; California; Commodity chains; Food politics; Localism; Neoliberal governmentality; Neoliberalization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMMODITY; FOOD PRODUCTION; LIBERALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42649101675     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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