Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions extends the original conception of
the food regime, formulated by Harriet Friedmann and Philip McMichael,
detailing new dimensions of the succession of imperial, intensive and
corporate food regimes. Developing the methodological contributions of
food regime analysis, McMichael re-examines the agrarian question
historically and its present-day implications, introduces regional
interpretations of the food regime and incorporates gender, labour,
financial, ecological and nutritional dimensions into his analysis.
Finally, McMichael explores the relationships between contemporary food,
energy, climate and financial crises and food regime restructuring,
which includes agrofuels, land grabbing, the bioeconomy, agro-security
mercantilism and the food sovereignty movement.