{"product_id":"welfare-of-food-isbn-9781405112451","title":"Welfare of Food","description":"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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis landmark collection explores the critical role of food in contemporary national and international policy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe contributors represent different professional and academic perspectives.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe contributions challenge state, institutional and agency structures and responses to food as a social policy issue.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMost of the contributors write from an empirical research base.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Joined-up Food Policy? The Trials of Governance, Public Policy and the Food System 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Barling, Tim Lang and Martin Caraher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Patenting Our Food Failure: Intellectual Property rights and the Global Food System 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoff Tansey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Evolution of Food Safety Policy-making Institutions in the UK, EU and Codex Alimentarius 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik Millstone and Patrick van Zwanenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Food Safety and Consumers: Constructions of Choice and Risk 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlizon Draper and Judith Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Food Security: Rights, Livelihoods and the World Food Summit-Five Years Later 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarim Hussein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Food Banks and Food Security: Welfare Reform, Human Rights and Social Policy. Lessons from Canada? 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraham Riches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Food aid in Complex Emergencies: Lessons from Sudan 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Ojaba, Anne Itto Leonardo and Margaret Itto Leonardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 School Meals Policy: The Problem with Governing Children 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlla Gustafsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Food and Poverty in Britain: Rights and Responsibilities 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Dowler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 160\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Dowler\u003c\/b\u003e 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.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Jones Finer\u003c\/b\u003e is the Series Editor for Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy and one of the editors of Social Policy and Administration.\u003c\/p\u003e  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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990473294053,"sku":"NP9781405112451","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405112451.jpg?v=1761787967","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/welfare-of-food-isbn-9781405112451","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}