| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford geographical and environmental studies
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Networks, conventions and regions : theorizing 'worlds of food' -- The regulatory world of agri-food : politics, power, and conventions -- Geographies of agri-food -- Localized quality in Tuscany -- California : the parallel worlds of rival agri-food paradigms -- The commodity world in Wales -- Beyond the placeless foodscape : place, power, and provenance. |
| Summary |
Drawing on theories of multi-level governance, three leading scholars in the field explore the geo-politics of the food chain in different spatial arenas: the World Trade Organization, where free trade principles clash with fair trade concerns in the debate about agricultural reform; the European Union, where producers are under pressure from environmentalists for a more traceable and sustainable food system; and the US, where there is a striking contradiction between the rhetoric of free markets and the reality of a heavily subsidized farming sector. To understand the local impact of these global trends, the authors explore three different regional worlds of food: the traditional world of localized quality in Tuscany, the peripheral world of commodity production in Wales, and the frontier world of agri-business in California. --From publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Food supply.
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Food supply. |
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Agricultural industries.
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Agricultural industries. |
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Food industry and trade.
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Food industry and trade. |
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Marsden, Terry.
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Murdoch, Jonathan.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morgan, Kevin. Worlds of food. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0199271585 (DLC) 2005023275 (OCoLC)61261298 |
| ISBN |
9780191556623 (electronic book) |
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0191556629 (electronic book) |
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1280757760 |
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9781280757761 |
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0199271585 (Cloth) |
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9780199271580 |
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9780199542284 |
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