Food Policy [electronic resource] : Integrating health, environment and society
Lang, Tim.
Barling, David.
Caraher, Martin.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2009.
For over half a century, food policy has mapped a path for progress based upon a belief that the right mix of investment, scientific input, and human skills could unleash a surge in productive capacity which would resolve humanity's food-related health and welfare problems. It assumed that more food would yield greater health and happiness by driving down prices, increasing availability, and feeding more mouths. In the 21st century, this policy mix is quietly becoming unstuck. In aworld marred by obesity alongside malnutrition, climate change alongside fuel and energy crises, water stress alon
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Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction and themes; The perspective; Cross-cutting themes; Outline of the chapter structure; Chapter 2 Defining food policy; Charting the terrain of food policy; Disciplinary traditions; Four phases in the evolution of modern food policy; Turning the fundamentals of ecological public health into goals for food policy; The emerging agenda; Chapter 3 Public policy and governance; Analysing public policy: some key definitions, concepts and relationships; Power relationships and public policy
The state, governance and policy networksFood governance; Multi-level governance of food policy; Food policy change; Chapter 4 Nutrition; Why nutrition matters; Three nutritions: life science, social, and ecological; Policy responses to nutrition evidence; Nutrition institutions and champions; Chapter 5 The supply chain; The structure of modern food-supply chains; National policies within an international policy context; Strategic problems arising for ecological public health; Power, concentration and control; Are supply chains addressing ecological public health?
Chapter 6 The environment and ecosystemsThe problem; The impacts of our food supply on the environment and the ecological constraints; Reframing environmental policy and food; Policy and governance responses to food, the environment, and ecosystems; Chapter 7 Behaviour and culture; Food as culture; Food culture: a contentious concept?; Culture, cuisine and food as metaphors; Food as morality and control; What is in a meal?; Cultural speed-up or lock-in?; Domestic labour in preparation and cooking; Multiple meanings: where are food cultures headed?
Chapter 8 Inequality, poverty and social justiceWhat's the problem?; How to measure food poverty?; Solutions: who should do what?; Food movements and food democracy; Chapter 9 On what terms ecological public health?; Tectonic plates shifting; Accountability: the political issue; Index
For over half a century, food policy has mapped a path for progress based upon a belief that the right mix of investment, scientific input, and human skills could unleash a surge in productive capacity which would resolve humanity's food-related health and welfare problems. It assumed that more food would yield greater health and happiness by driving down prices, increasing availability, and feeding more mouths. In the 21st century, this policy mix is quietly becoming unstuck. In aworld marred by obesity alongside malnutrition, climate change alongside fuel and energy crises, water stress alon
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nutrition policy -- Great Britain.
Nutrition policy.
Public health -- Great Britain.
Public health.
Nutrition policy
Public health
Socioeconomic Factors
Nutrition Policy
Environment
Health Policy
Sociology
Population Characteristics
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena
Environment and Public Health
Social Sciences
Health Care
Public Policy
Biological Phenomena
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Social Control Policies
Phenomena and Processes
Policy
Social Control, Formal
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Diet & Clinical Nutrition
Health & Biological Sciences
Política alimentària
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