Let Them Eat Junk

Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada. He has published seven books on Marxist theory, including Let Them Eat Junk (Pluto, 2009) and Economics Transformed (Pluto, 2009).

Preface


Part I Introduction


1. Introduction


Part II Understanding Capitalism


2. The Management of Agriculture and Food by Capital’s


Deep Structures


3. The Phase of Consumerism and the US Roots of the


Current Agriculture and Food Regimes


Part III The Historical Analysis of the US-Centred


Global Food Regime


4. The Food Regime and Consumers’ Health


5. The Health of Agriculture and Food Workers


6. Agriculture, Food Provisioning and the Environment


7. Food, Marketing and Choice in the United States


8. Corporate Power, Food and Liberal Democracy


Part IV Conclusions


9. Agriculture, Food and the Fight for Democracy,


Social Justice, Health and Sustainability


Notes


Bibliography


Index