Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... U.S. food policy : anthropology and advocacy in the public interestby Lisa Markowitz
No tags None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. No reviews no reviews | add a review
Inequity of control over food systems is a particularly insidious form of injustice. Collectively, the contributors to this volume posit that this inequity is rooted in power asymmetries in the U.S. food system and codified through U.S. food policies. This process puts the public at risk in the U.S. and, via trade and foreign aid policies, in the Global South. Inequities are manifest in the allocation of food and food-producing resources in favor of the wealthy, exploitation of the natural environment for short-term gain of private interests over long-term public ones, the framing of public discussion on food and food deprivation, and finally, the deflection of moral challenges posed by human rights to food.The contributors draw on long-term anthropological field research to examine these tensions and their on-the-ground outcomes in diverse cultural and national contexts. The authors' insightful analyses span a wide variety of topics including dietary change, food insecurity, livestock production, and organic farming in the light of U.S. trade, food, labor, and agricultural policies and food assistance programs. The collection highlights the obstacles to, and the dilemmas and inconsistencies in, shaping policy in the public interest. This book was originally published as a special issue of Food & Foodways. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular coversNone
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)362.5Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Social problems of & services to groups of people Poor (from social service perspectives)LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |