Simon Maxwell / Rachel Slater (eds.)

Broschiertes Buch

Food Policy Old and New

Beschreibung

This book demonstrates the need for a new food policy to deal with the challenges to the global food system posed by globalisation, urbanisation, technical change and industrialisation. Comprising a series of papers written by experts from Denmark, Italy, the UK and the US, it points out that the food system is no longer about moving basic staples from farm to plate; nor is it concerned mainly with famine and food insecurity. Food policy, the contributors suggest, now needs to encompass issues such as obesity, food safety, and competition policy in the retail sector. The book concludes by warning that addressing these pressing concerns needs to be on the agenda of policy makers throughout the world.

Autor

Simon Maxwell is Director of the Overseas Development Institute. Previously, he has worked for the UN Development Programme in Kenya and India, for the British aid programme in Bolivia, and for the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Rachel Slater is Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, London. Her doctoral and post-doctoral work focused on urban and rural livelihoods in South Africa. She has also worked in India, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zambia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781405126021
• ISBN-10: 1405126027
• Artikelnr.: 21649478

Rezensionen

"These papers can legitimately claim to represent the current stateof food policy thinking ... The stated aim of this book was notonly to describe but also to 'evaluate' change. The papers live upto that intention." Progress in Development Studies

"I recommend the book for those teaching agriculturaldevelopment courses, who may still, perhaps unconciously in an ageof early and narrow academic specialization, be wedded to thier ownold analytical framework." Development and Change, Vol 36/1, Jan2005

"This volume brings together interesting comparisons,convergences and connections between developed and developingcountries, proposing grounds that a new food policy agenda may berelevant for all countries ... this 184 page book would prove veryuseful for anyone, both students and professionals, looking for anup to date account of international food policy issues." Journalof Human Nutrition and Dietetics