Welfare of Food: Rights and Responsibilities in a Changing World (Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy) - Softcover

Dowler, Elizabeth

 
9781405112451: Welfare of Food: Rights and Responsibilities in a Changing World (Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 140511245X ISBN 13: 9781405112451
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

The critical role of food in contemporary policy, in the UK, Europe and internationally, is explored in a comprehensive and readable account of current issues, including food rights, patenting, safety, aid, choice and poverty.

  • This landmark collection explores the critical role of food in contemporary national and international policy.
  • The contributors represent different professional and academic perspectives.
  • The contributions challenge state, institutional and agency structures and responses to food as a social policy issue.
  • Most of the contributors write from an empirical research base.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Dowler is a registered Public Health Nutritionist and a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Food in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick.

Catherine Jones Finer is the Series Editor for Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy and one of the editors of Social Policy and Administration.

From the Back Cover

Everyone needs reliable access to safe, appropriate and healthy food; yet despite regular public pronouncements and apparent commitments by states and institutions, the reality is very different for many consumers in both rich and poor countries. This book explains why, looking at the role of food in contemporary policy, in the UK, Europe and internationally. The contributions challenge (or provide a challenge to) state, institutional and agency structures and responses to this critical issue. The book opens up new areas in social policy, providing a comprehensive and readable account of key current issues: food rights, patenting, safety, aid, choice and poverty.

Food concerns are easily relegated to the private, domestic arena. This volume shows where the real powers lie, and provides some means for redressing the balance.

From the Inside Flap

Everyone needs reliable access to safe, appropriate and healthy food; yet despite regular public pronouncements and apparent commitments by states and institutions, the reality is very different for many consumers in both rich and poor countries. This book explains why, looking at the role of food in contemporary policy, in the UK, Europe and internationally. The contributions challenge (or provide a challenge to) state, institutional and agency structures and responses to this critical issue. The book opens up new areas in social policy, providing a comprehensive and readable account of key current issues: food rights, patenting, safety, aid, choice and poverty.

Food concerns are easily relegated to the private, domestic arena. This volume shows where the real powers lie, and provides some means for redressing the balance.

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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
140511245X
ISBN 13 
9781405112451
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
180