Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets The key theme of the importance of integrating human and environmental health has become even more pressing. Examples of key issues given increased attention include: nutrition, i
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| Title | : | Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.59 (192 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 113880262X |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-21 |
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In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the world of food policy. This new edition brings these developments fully up to date within the original analytical framework of competing paradigms or worldviews shaping the direction and decision-making within food politics and policy. The key theme of the importance of integrating human and environmental health has become even more pressing. In the first edition the authors set out and brought together the different strands of emerging agendas and competing narratives. The second edition retains the same core structure and includes updated examples, case studies and the new issues which show how these conflicting tendencies have played out in practice over recent years and what this tells us about the way the global food system is heading. Examples of key issues given increased attention include:
- nutrition, including the global rise in obesity, as well as chronic conditi
Editorial : "This welcome new edition of Food Wars explores the deepening integration of health and environment in food policy. The authors were prescient 15 years ago in identifying two emerging food system trajectories. Since 2008 battle has been explicitly engaged over meanings of food system sustainability and equity. The updated, well documented synthesis of economy, science, power, consumption, and human relations with our earthly home is an even more valuable guide for students, food system innovators, and policymakers." – Harriet Friedmann, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada and Visiting Professor, Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University).
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