Fields of glass : labour regimes, techno-science and biopolitics in agrifood value chains /

Advances a new explanation for why food insecurity has been such a pervasive feature of the UK food system. This book will appeal to those interested in food studies, global value chains and labour research.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Adrian, 1966- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Series:	Development trajectories in global value chains.
Subjects:	Food security > Great Britain. Food supply > Great Britain. Agricultural industries > Great Britain. Food industry and trade > Great Britain. Sécurité alimentaire > Grande-Bretagne. Aliments > Approvisionnement > Grande-Bretagne. Industries agricoles > Grande-Bretagne. Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Food Security and the 'Total Ecology' of Glasshouse Agrifood Value Chains
Agrarian Biopolitical Articulations: Towards an Understanding of Value
Chains, Labour Regimes and Techno-science
Fields of Glass: Glasshouse Agrifood Value Chains in Regional Context
The Dynamics of the Glasshouse Agrifood Value Chain
The Post-war Labour Regime and the Labour Process
Labour Segmentation and Contemporary Seasonal Migrant Worker Regimes
The State, Techno-science and Agrifood Value Chains
Hydroponics, the 'Total Ecology' and Upgrading
'AgTech', Automation and the Restructuring of Work
Fields of Glass and Agrifood Value Chain Futures.