Agrifood Regimes In Greece
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Agrifood Regimes in Greece
"This book examines the history and socio-technical transformations of agri-food regimes systems in contemporary Greece. It presents a historical sociology of the Greek agri-food sector to decipher dependencies, sociotechnical dynamics, and paths that illuminate current challenges. It argues that no national sustainability policy can meet EU and UN targets without examining the historical construction of the agrifood system and its lock-ins. By analyzing key products-wheat, tomato, olive oil, pork, chicken, and fish-it captures production regime specificities while explaining the sector's transition toward sustainability. The book describes structural transformations and the adaptation of European policies in Greece, emphasizing hurdles and resistance to alignment with EU objectives. Its longitudinal approach provides a deep understanding of sociomaterial and sociotechnical systems. At the same time it contributes a new innovative understanding of the sociotechnical imaginary of productivism in the agrifood sector. Situating Greek cases within broader European transitions, it highlights the contingencies and dynamics shaping the country's path toward sustainable agrifood governance. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food and agriculture, sustainability, science and technology studies and European politics and policy"-- Provided by publisher.
Agrifood Regimes in Greece
Author: Stathis Arapostathis
language: en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date: 2026-03-23
This book examines the history and sociotechnical transformations of agrifood regimes in contemporary Greece. It presents a historical sociology of the Greek agrifood sector to decipher dependencies, sociotechnical dynamics, and paths that illuminate current challenges. It argues that no national sustainability policy can meet EU and UN targets without examining the historical construction of the agrifood system and its lock-ins. By analyzing key products—wheat, tomato, olive oil, pork, chicken, and fish—it captures production regime specificities while explaining the sector’s transition toward sustainability. The book describes structural transformations and the adaptation of European policies in Greece, emphasizing hurdles and resistance to alignment with EU objectives. Its longitudinal approach provides a deep understanding of sociomaterial and sociotechnical systems. At the same time it contributes a new innovative understanding of the sociotechnical imaginary of productivism in the agrifood sector. Situating Greek cases within broader European transitions, it highlights the contingencies and dynamics shaping the country’s path toward sustainable agrifood governance. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food and agriculture, sustainability, science and technology studies, and European politics and policy.
The Neoliberal Regime in the Agri-Food Sector
For the last three decades, the Neoliberal regime, emphasising economic growth through deregulation, market integration, expansion of the private sector, and contraction of the welfare state has shaped production and consumption processes in agriculture and food. These institutional arrangements emerged from and advanced academic and popular beliefs about the virtues of private, market-based coordination relative to public, state-based problem solving. This book presents an informed, constructive dialogue around the thesis that the Neoliberal mode of governance has reached some institutional and material limits. Is Neoliberalism exhausted? How should we understand crisis applied to Neoliberalism? What are the opportunities and risks linked to the construction of alternatives? The book advances a critical evaluation of the evidence supporting claims of rupture of, or incursions into, the Neoliberal model. It also analyzes pragmatic responses to these critiques including policy initiatives, social mobilization and experimentation at various scales and points of entry. The book surveys and synthesizes a range of sociological frames designed to grapple with the concepts of regimes, systemic crisis and transitions. Contributions include historical analysis, comparative analysis and case studies of food and agriculture from around the globe. These highlight particular aspects of crisis and responses, including the potential for continued resilience, a neo-productivist return, as well as the emergence and scaling up of alternative models.