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Konefal, Jason. "Changing Political Economic Opportunity Structures: Environmental Movements in the Global Agrifood System" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p20591_index.html>

Konefal, J. , 2005-08-12 "Changing Political Economic Opportunity Structures: Environmental Movements in the Global Agrifood System" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p20591_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Over the past three decades economies and states have transformed in several critical ways. For economies, the transformation has been from Fordism to flexible accumulation to systems of global production and consumption. This transformation has given rise to new forms of economic organization, as well as new kinds of competition. More specifically, with the development of buyer-driven commodity chains and global sourcing, retail oligopolies and “economies of quality” have begun to emerge in a number of economic sectors. At the same time, states have been partially reconstructed based on neoliberal ideas, then transnationalized with the advent of supranational governing bodies, such as the World Trade Organization, and, most recently, integrated into public-private systems of governance. Focusing on the global agrifood system, this paper examines what these political economic transformations mean for social movements concerned with the environment and social justice. It is theorized that they are closing off some opportunities for social movements, while, simultaneously creating new ones. Examining the movement against farmed salmon, I argue that campaigns that target specific firms and use market-based strategies are potentially quite effective for movements concerned with the global agrifood system, given the emerging political economic conditions.

Self Interest, Social Justice Principles, and Voting Behavior. An exploratory study on the microfoundations of the political economy of advanced welfare states under economic globalization

Private Regulatory Systems for Social and Environmental Justice: The Role of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) in Global Governance

The Political Economy of Globalizing Food in World Politics: Global Agro-Food-System and its Discontent in Shrimp Aquaculture