Political Ecologies of Meat (Routledge Studies in Political Ecology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415736951 ISBN 13: 9780415736954

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Livestock production worldwide is increasing rapidly, in part due to economic growth and demand for meat in industrializing countries. Yet there are many concerns about the sustainability of increased meat production and consumption, from perspectives including human health, animal welfare, climate change and environmental pollution.

This book tackles the key issues of contemporary meat production and consumption through a lens of political ecology, which emphasizes the power relations producing particular social, economic and cultural interactions with non-human nature. Three main topics are addressed: the political ecology of global livestock production trends; changes in production systems around the world and their implications for environmental justice; and existing and emerging governance strategies for meat production and consumption systems and their implications.

Case studies of different systems at varying scales are included, drawn from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe. The book includes an editorial introduction to set the context and synthesize key messages for the reader.

About this title

About the Author

Jody Emel is Professor of Geography at Clark University, USA.

Harvey Neo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415736951
• ISBN 13: 9780415736954
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Emel Jody