The Political Economy of the Agri-Food System in Thailand

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The Political Economy of the Agri-Food System in Thailand is written by Prapimphan Chiengkul and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1351974521 (ISBN 10) and 9781351974523 (ISBN 13).

This book adopts a neo-Marxist and Gramscian approach to studying the political economy of the agricultural and food system in Thailand (1990-2014). The author argues that hegemonic forces have many measures to co-opt dissent into hegemonic structures, and that counter-hegemony should be seen as an ongoing process over a long period of time where predominantly counter-hegemonic forces, constrained by political economic structural conditions, may at times retain some hegemonic elements. Contrary to what some academic studies suggest, the author argues that localist-inspired social movements in Thailand are not insular and anti-globalisation.