FRONT COVER -- LABOR RELATIONS IN GLOBALIZED FOOD -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: LABOR USE, MOBILITY, CONTROL, CONTRACTING AND COOPERATIVES IN GLOBAL AGRI-FOOD -- CHAPTER 1 GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGE IN LABOR RELATIONS IN FRUIT REGIONS OF BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL MIGRANT LABOR -- GRAPE PRODUCTION IN THE SAN FRANCISCO VALLEY, BRAZIL -- THE FRUIT VALLEYS OF NORTHERN PATAGONIA -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 RESTRUCTURING GLOBAL LABOR MARKETS: RECRUITMENT AGENCIES AND WORK RELATIONS IN THE WILD BERRY COMMODITY CHAIN -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUALIZING "GLOBAL WORK" IN AGRICULTURE -- "GLOBAL WORK" IN THE WILD BERRY GCC -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 CAPITALIZATION STRATEGIES AND LABOR IN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY CONTRACTORS IN ARGENTINA -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- AGRICULTURAL MACHINE CONTRACTORS IN THE PAMPAS -- LABOR FORCE, ORGANIZATION, AND CAPITALIZATION STRATEGIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 LABOR RELATIONS AND ISSUES IN THE POULTRY SECTOR IN MEXICO -- INTRODUCTION -- LABOR FLEXIBILITY AND CONTRACT FARMING IN POULTRY PRODUCTION -- QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF LABOR FLEXIBILITY IN POULTRY FARMING -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 PETTY COMMODITY PRODUCTION IN THE NEOLIBERAL PHASE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM: THE CASE OF GRAPE PRODUCTION IN ÇANAKKALE -- INTRODUCTION -- PCP IN THE CONTEMPORARY PHASE OF NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM -- THE CASE -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 FROM WORKERS' COOPERATIVE TO HIRED-LABOR FARM: ACCOMMODATING TO GLOBAL MARKET PRESSURES IN SLOVAK POST-SOCIALIST AGRICULTURE -- COMPLEX POST-SOCIALIST AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES.

THE FIRST DECADE IN THE (GLOBALIZED) MARKET ECONOMY: PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION -- THE SECOND DECADE: PROFITABILITY THROUGH EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT -- ATTRACTIVE DELOCALIZED COOPERATIVES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- PART II: LABOR RELATIONS AND RESISTANCE IN THE VALUE CHAIN: PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND RETAILING -- CHAPTER 7 AGRICULTURE WITH OR WITHOUT FARMERS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADAPTATION AND RESISTANCE AMONG FAMILY FARMERS IN ARGENTINA AND COLOMBIA -- INTRODUCTION -- A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS: DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF PRODUCTION AND, SHARED TRAJECTORIES OF CAPITAL ACCUMULATION -- TRANSFORMATIONS AND STRATEGIES: ELEMENTS FOR THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CASE -- CÓRDOBA, COLOMBIA - A TERRITORY IN DISPUTE: BETWEEN MEGA-PROJECTS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC FORMATIONS -- LOCAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS AS A FORM OF PERSISTENCE -- FROM DAIRY TO SOYBEAN: THE CASE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN JUSTO IN THE PROVINCE OF CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA -- AGRICULTURE AS A STRATEGY OF ADAPTATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 STATE AND REGULATION OF LABOR RELATIONS IN THE SUGARCANE FIELDS OF BRAZIL -- INTRODUCTION -- THE GENERAL CONTEXT OF SUGARCANE PRODUCTION -- THE TRIPARTITE REGULATION OF LABOR RELATIONS -- THE NATIONAL COMPROMISE -- REGULATIONS AND THE EXPLOITATIVE CONDITIONS OF WORKERS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 LABOR, GENDER, AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS IN THE GLOBAL AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM: THE CASE OF THE AGRI-EXPORT MODEL IN MURCIA, SPAIN -- MAGAZINES ABOUT (COOPERATIVE) AGRICULTURE -- INTRODUCTION -- FOOD PROCESSING: FROM CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES TO FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES PREPARATION -- LABOR REGIME AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARKET: FEMINIZATION AND TEMPORARY WORK -- RESISTANCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES.

CHAPTER 10 EFFECTS OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRESH PRODUCE: THE CASE OF ARGENTINA -- INTRODUCTION -- MODERNIZATION POLICIES: THE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DISTRIBUTION IN ARGENTINA -- ENCOUNTERING TRANSNATIONAL RETAILERS -- LEARNING FROM ENCOUNTERS AND LABORING THROUGH EXPERIENCE: SABINO'S CASE -- NEW IMMIGRANTS AT THE FRESH PRODUCE NETWORK -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 THE PROCESSING OF PALM OIL IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO: RESISTANCE AND ALTERNATIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT -- THE SETTING -- THE CASE -- THE FARMERS' STRUGGLE AGAINST PROCESSING PLANTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12 CONCLUSIONS: LABOR BETWEEN EXPLOITATION AND RESISTANCE -- CHANGES IN LABOR RELATIONS UNDER NEOLIBERAL GLOBALIZATION -- LABOR FLEXIBILITY -- FEMINIZED AND IMMIGRANT LABOR -- THE CONTROL OF LABOR THROUGH "NONMARKET" MECHANISMS -- CONTRACTS AS A FORM OF FLEXIBILIZATION AND LABOR CONTROL -- RESISTANCE -- LABOR AND COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.