Consumption in the Age of Affluence

The World of Food
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-13579-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 483 g

With growing affluence in the developed world, food has become an increasing focus for attention. Here, the authors argue that in order to understand the extensive and dramatic developments in the world of food, a new interdisciplinary approach is necessary. The Age of Affluence successfully addresses food consumption in this way. The volume:

* argues the importance of socioeconomic and cultural factors over diet, in influencing the production, marketing and consumption of different groups of foods;
* places food systems theory on sound analytical foundations;
* draws critically upon food systems literature;
* includes case studies from the sugar, dairy and meat systems;
* employs novel statistical techniques to identify and explain distinct patterns of food consumption;
The book will help to revitalize the discipline of food studies and points the way forward for the continuing study of food consumption. As such, it will be invaluable to students, researchers and policymakers engaged in the world of food.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fine, Ben

Heasman, Michael

Wright, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Lebensmittelindustrie, Nahrungsmittelindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I From food studies to food systems 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 2 FOOD STUDIES: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT Part II Specifying food systems 3 FOOD SYSTEM THEORY 4 DIFFERENTIATING FOOD SYSTEMS Part III Theoretical and empirical applications 5 THE UK SUGAR SYSTEM 6 SUGAR OR SWEET 7 THE POVERTY OF FOOD ECONOMETRICS Part IV What we eat and why 8 FOOD NORMS: METHODS AND DATA 9 CHILDREN, LOW INCOME AND THE SAUSAGE SYNDROME 10 THE MEAT SYSTEM 11 FOOD AND CLASS 12 THE DAIRY SYSTEM Part V Whither food studies? 13 SUMMING UP AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Fine is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Policy for Southern Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His previous work includes The World of Consumption with Ellen Leopold and was published by Routledge in 1993. Michael Heasman is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy, Thames Valley University, London. He has researched widely on different aspects of the food economy. Judith Wright is a Research Officer at the Social Statistics Research Unit, City University. She has undertaken research using a variety of large social survey datasets.