BRICS and MICs: Implications for Global Agrarian Transformation - 9780367132897

Taylor & Francis

BRICS and MICs: Implications for Global Agrarian TransformationAuthor(s): Ben Cousins, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Srgio Sauer, Jingzhong Ye\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367132897, 978-0367132897\nSynopsis\nThe economic and political rise of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and powerful middle-income countries (MICs) such as Argentina, Indonesia and Turkey, has far-reaching implications for global agrarian transformation. These countries are key sites of agricultural commodity production, distribution, circulation and consumption and are contributing to major shifts in the character of agro-food systems. \n\nThis comprehensive collection explores these issues through the lens of critical agrarian studies, which examine fundamental social change in, and in relation to, rural worlds. The authors explore key themes such as the processes of agrarian change associated with individu.