Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets
Tim Lang
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Description for Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets
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In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the world of food policy. This new edition brings these developments fully up to date within the original analytical framework of competing paradigms or worldviews shaping the direction and decision-making within food politics and policy. The key theme of the importance of integrating human and environmental health has become even more pressing. In the first edition the authors set out and brought together the different strands of emerging agendas and competing narratives. The second edition retains the ... Read more
In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the world of food policy. This new edition brings these developments fully up to date within the original analytical framework of competing paradigms or worldviews shaping the direction and decision-making within food politics and policy. The key theme of the importance of integrating human and environmental health has become even more pressing. In the first edition the authors set out and brought together the different strands of emerging agendas and competing narratives. The second edition retains the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138802629
SKU
V9781138802629
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Tim Lang
Tim Lang is Professor of Food Policy at City University London, UK. He has been a consultant to UN agencies, including auditing the Global Top 25 Food Companies on food and health for the WHO. He was a UK Sustainable Development Commissioner, 2006-11, and has worked closely with civil society organisations locally, nationally and internationally. In 2010 he was appointed ... Read more
Reviews for Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets
This welcome new edition of Food Wars explores the deepening integration of health and environment in food policy. The authors were prescient 15 years ago in identifying two emerging food system trajectories. Since 2008 battle has been explicitly engaged over meanings of food system sustainability and equity. The updated, well documented synthesis of economy, science, power, consumption, and human relations ... Read more