Food Wars - Tim Lang, Michael Heasman

Food Wars

The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets
Buch | Hardcover
310 Seiten
2015 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-80258-2 (ISBN)
218,20 inkl. MwSt
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 conditions, hunger and under-nutrition
the environment, particularly the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, water stress and food security
food industry concentration and market power
volatility and uncertainty over food prices and policy responses
tensions over food, democracy and citizenship
social and cultural aspects impacting food and nutrition policies.

Tim Lang is Professor of Food Policy at City University London, UK. He has been a consultant to UN agencies, including auditing the Global Top 25 Food Companies on food and health for the WHO. He was a UK Sustainable Development Commissioner, 2006–11, and has worked closely with civil society organisations locally, nationally and internationally. In 2010 he was appointed to the Mayor of London’s Food Board. He is a frequent commentator on food policy in the media. Michael Heasman is Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, UK. He has held academic positions at universities including Alberta, Aalborg, SOAS, Reading and Harper Adams. He is Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy, City University London. He has been a consultant to Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, VTT in Finland and CSIRO in Australia.

1. Introduction: The Food Policy Problem 2. The Food Wars Thesis 3. Diet, Health and Disease 4. Food, Environment and Sustainability 5. Policy Responses to Food’s Role in Human and Environmental Health 6. The Food Wars Business 7. The Consumer Culture War 8. Food Democracy or Food Control? 9. The Future

Zusatzinfo 41 Tables, black and white; 32 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 566 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Technik Lebensmitteltechnologie
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 1-138-80258-1 / 1138802581
ISBN-13 978-1-138-80258-2 / 9781138802582
Zustand Neuware
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