The third edition of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know® has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments and research on today's global food landscape, including the realities of food markets, farm production methods, food manufacturing, and dietary health challenges. New material covers a range of global food issues and includes an expanded focus on food policy and politics in the United States. Discussing the politics and policies that continue to shape our contemporary food system, Robert Paarlberg challenges myths and critiques more than a few of today's fashionable beliefs about farming and food.…mehr
The third edition of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know® has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments and research on today's global food landscape, including the realities of food markets, farm production methods, food manufacturing, and dietary health challenges. New material covers a range of global food issues and includes an expanded focus on food policy and politics in the United States. Discussing the politics and policies that continue to shape our contemporary food system, Robert Paarlberg challenges myths and critiques more than a few of today's fashionable beliefs about farming and food.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Paarlberg is an Associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center and an Associate in the Sustainability Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at HKS and is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. A leading authority on food policy, his books include Resetting the Table, Starved for Science, Policy Reform in American Agriculture, and Fixing Farm Trade. Paarlberg has been a member of the Board of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the National Research Council of the National Academies, and the Board of Directors of Winrock International. He has worked in 15 different countries in Africa as a consultant to the International Food Policy Research Institute, USAID, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Aspen Institute, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He recently chaired the independent steering committee for a CGIAR research program, Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface to the Third Edition 1. An Overview of Food Politics 2. Food Production and Population Growth 3. The Politics of International Food Prices 4. The Politics of Chronic Hunger and Famine 5. International Food Aid and Agricultural Development Assistance 6. The Green Revolution Controversy 7. The Politics of Obesity 8. The Politics of Farm Subsidies and Trade 9. Agriculture and the Environment 10. Livestock, Meat, and Fish 11. Agribusiness, Supermarkets, and Fast Food 12. Organic and Local Food 13. Food Safety and Genetically Engineered Foods 14. Who Governs the World Food System? 15. The Future of Food Politics Suggestions for Further Reading Index
Preface to the Third Edition 1. An Overview of Food Politics 2. Food Production and Population Growth 3. The Politics of International Food Prices 4. The Politics of Chronic Hunger and Famine 5. International Food Aid and Agricultural Development Assistance 6. The Green Revolution Controversy 7. The Politics of Obesity 8. The Politics of Farm Subsidies and Trade 9. Agriculture and the Environment 10. Livestock, Meat, and Fish 11. Agribusiness, Supermarkets, and Fast Food 12. Organic and Local Food 13. Food Safety and Genetically Engineered Foods 14. Who Governs the World Food System? 15. The Future of Food Politics Suggestions for Further Reading Index
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