Migrant labour as space: Rhythmanalysing the agri-food industry

The Structural Invisibility of Outsiders: The Role of Migrant Labour in the Meat-Processing Industry

This article examines the role of migrant workers in meat-processing factories in the UK. Drawing on materials from mixed methods research in a number of case study towns across Wales, we explore the structural and spatial processes that position migrant workers as outsiders. While state policy and immigration controls are often presented as a way of protecting migrant workers from work-based e...

Theorizing Agri-Food Economies

This paper discusses agri-food economies and how they evolve over time. It also analyses how these economies, which often have contradictory dynamics, are theorized. A central thesis of the paper is that different theoretical representations not only reflect the differences in agro-economies and their developmental tendencies, but are also important drivers that actively shape the trajectories ...

Migrant labour - An annotated Bibliography

Foreword This is a paper of the ILO=s International Migration Branch. The objectives of the Branch are to contribute to: (i) the formulation, application and evaluation of international migration policies suited to the economic and social aims of governments, employers= and workers= organizations; and (ii) the increase of equality of opportunity and treatment of migrants and the protection of t...

Drivers of Vertical Intra-Industry Trade: The Case of the Hungarian Agri-Food Sector

Agroecology and Alternative Agri-Food Movements in the United States: Toward a Sustainable Agri-Food System

The concept of agroecology in the United States is born out of a dialectical process of co-production of knowledge whereby the science of agroecology has shaped and been shaped by alternative agri-food movements, policy, and local practice. This article examines the relationship between agroecology and alternative agri-food movements and identifies opportunities for greater engagement. The arti...