Consuming Interests: The Social Provision of Foods
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Combining theory, research and policy Consuming Interests provides a topical interdisciplinary exploration into the nature of food provision, policy and regulation. The book provides a detailed examination of corporate retailers, state agencies and consumer organisations involved in the food sector. The analysis explores questions including: • what can the public expect from the state* what limits are there on state action* what are the most appropriate balances between public and private interests in the provision of 'quality' foods. Booknews Examining corporate retailers, government regulators, and consumer organizations involved in the food sector, Marsden and Andrew Flynn (environmental policy and planning, Cardiff U., UK) and Michelle Harrison, a researcher at the Henley Centre in London, raise several questions about what the public can expect their governments to do about food safety and quality, what limits may be placed upon states' actions, and what the appropriate balances might be between public and private interests in the acquisition of quality foods. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
List of illustrationsPrefaceList of abbreviations1Introduction: regulation, retailing and consumption: deregulating states and concerned consumers1Pt. IConcepts and framework112Food policy and regulation133Restructuring and retailing244Citizenship, consumption and food rights42Pt. IINational strategies575Food consumers: the limits of formal and collective representation596The retailers: the emergence of retailer-led food governance737Evolving models of food regulation85Pt. IIILocal strategies1058Local retail-consumption spaces and hierarchies1079The nationalisation of food regulation: coping with space13310The local regulatory interface: enforcement practice on the ground14711Conclusions: retailing, regulation and consumption177AppThe social research methods employed in the study202Bibliography207Index213
