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題名 Restoring the State Back to Food Regime Theory: China’s Agribusiness and the Global Soybean Commodity Chain
作者 林義鈞
Lin, Scott Y.
貢獻者 國發所
關鍵詞 food regime theory ; corporate food regime ; SOEs ; capitalisation ; food security ; China
日期 2023-03
上傳時間 12-Jan-2022 13:25:35 (UTC+8)
摘要 Food regime theory identifies three distinct food regimes: the British (1870–1914), American (1945–1973), and corporate food regimes (late 1980s onwards). In the first two regimes, political economic orders were dominated by two separate nation-states, whereas the current third regime is dominated by a few mega-corporations. Consequently, traditional super nation-states are finding it challenging to use food trade measures to ensure favourable world orders. However, China’s agribusiness state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are quickly joining hands with the corporate food regime. This study aims to answer the following questions: Where is the state in the contemporary corporate food regime? How are these rising Chinese agribusiness SOEs changing the current food regime context? Applying the food regime theory, this paper aims to analyse the expansion of China’s influence in the global soybean commodity chain, which is driven by four forces from the corporate food regime: liberalisation, technologicalisation, securitisation, and accumulation. These forces lead the Chinese state apparatus to address China’s domestic food needs and then to establish agricultural free trade projects, biotechnology projects, soybean commodity-chain nationalisation projects, and transnational land-grabbing investments. Furthermore, such a dynamic Chinese food security context is gradually moving towards a “SOEs corporate food regime”.
關聯 Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol.53, No.2, pp.288-310
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2022.2032279
dc.contributor 國發所-
dc.creator (作者) 林義鈞-
dc.creator (作者) Lin, Scott Y.-
dc.date (日期) 2023-03-
dc.date.accessioned 12-Jan-2022 13:25:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 12-Jan-2022 13:25:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 12-Jan-2022 13:25:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/138776-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Food regime theory identifies three distinct food regimes: the British (1870–1914), American (1945–1973), and corporate food regimes (late 1980s onwards). In the first two regimes, political economic orders were dominated by two separate nation-states, whereas the current third regime is dominated by a few mega-corporations. Consequently, traditional super nation-states are finding it challenging to use food trade measures to ensure favourable world orders. However, China’s agribusiness state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are quickly joining hands with the corporate food regime. This study aims to answer the following questions: Where is the state in the contemporary corporate food regime? How are these rising Chinese agribusiness SOEs changing the current food regime context? Applying the food regime theory, this paper aims to analyse the expansion of China’s influence in the global soybean commodity chain, which is driven by four forces from the corporate food regime: liberalisation, technologicalisation, securitisation, and accumulation. These forces lead the Chinese state apparatus to address China’s domestic food needs and then to establish agricultural free trade projects, biotechnology projects, soybean commodity-chain nationalisation projects, and transnational land-grabbing investments. Furthermore, such a dynamic Chinese food security context is gradually moving towards a “SOEs corporate food regime”.-
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol.53, No.2, pp.288-310-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) food regime theory ; corporate food regime ; SOEs ; capitalisation ; food security ; China-
dc.title (題名) Restoring the State Back to Food Regime Theory: China’s Agribusiness and the Global Soybean Commodity Chain-
dc.type (資料類型) article-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1080/00472336.2022.2032279-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2022.2032279-