{"product_id":"betting-on-the-farm-patricia-l-maclachlan-9781501762123","title":"Betting on the Farm: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), a nationwide network of farm cooperatives, is under increasing pressure to expand farmer incomes by adapting coop strategies to changing market incentives. \u003c\/b\u003eSome coops have adapted more successfully than others. In \u003ci\u003eBetting on the Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu attribute these differences to three sets of local variables: resource endowments and product-specific market conditions, coop leadership, and the organization of farmer-members behind new coop strategies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing in-depth case studies and profiles of different types of farmers, \u003ci\u003eBetting on the Farm\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the evolution of the formal and informal institutional foundations of postwar agriculture; the electoral sources of JA's influence; the interactive effects of economic liberalization and demographic pressures (an aging farm population and acute shortage of farm successors) on the propensity for change within the farm sector; and the diversification of Japan's traditional farm households and the implications for farmer ties with JA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia L. MacLachlan, Kay Shimizu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501762125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501762123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023","brand":"Patricia L. MacLachlan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064975225087,"sku":"9781501762123","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ebf12c7-6468-4bdb-9517-08da1c475f1f.jpg?v=1685398696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/betting-on-the-farm-patricia-l-maclachlan-9781501762123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}