LEADER 02199oam 2200397z- 450 001 9910162753503321 005 20160909091024.0 010 $a9781509501533 010 $a1509501533 035 $a(CKB)3710000001043852 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781509501533 035 $a(Perlego)1536203 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001043852 100 $a20200619d2015 uy | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSugar 210 $cPolity 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 311 08$a9780745680156 311 08$a0745680151 311 08$a9780745680149 311 08$a0745680143 330 $a There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and the unhealthy consumers eating it. Why has the billion-dollar sugar trade created such inequities? In this insightful analysis, Ben Richardson argues that the most compelling answers to this question can be found in the dynamics of global capitalism. Led by multinational companies, the mass consumption of sweetened snacks has taken hold in the Global South and underpinned a new wave of foreign investment in sugar production. The expansion of large-scale and highly-industrialised farms across Latin America, Asia and Africa has kept the price of sugar down whilst pushing workers out of jobs and rural dwellers off the land. However, challenges to these practices are gathering momentum. Health advocates warning against costly diseases like diabetes, trade unions fighting for better pay, and local residents campaigning for a cleaner environment are all re-shaping the way sugar is consumed and produced. But to truly transform sugar, Richardson contends, these political activities must also address the profit-driven nature of food and farming itself. 606 $aForeign trade regulation 606 $aSugar trade 615 0$aForeign trade regulation. 615 0$aSugar trade. 676 $a382.4136 700 $aRichardson$b Ben$01748500 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162753503321 996 $aSugar$94181424 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03430nam 22006495 450 001 9911002556103321 005 20251209193706.0 010 $a3-031-91875-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-91875-9 035 $a(CKB)38776307000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-91875-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32111075 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32111075 035 $a(OCoLC)1524422251 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938776307000041 100 $a20250514d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCollective Irrationality /$fby Fathali M. Moghaddam 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 92 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology,$x2511-3968 311 08$a3-031-91874-6 311 08$a3-031-91877-0 327 $aChapter 1. What is collective irrationality? Why is it important? -- Chapter 2. Traditional Psychological Research and Collective Irrationality -- Chapter 3. The Societal Theory of Collective Irrationality -- Chapter 4. Toward Solutions for Destructive Collective Irrationality. 330 $aThe goal of this book is to provide, first, a critical discussion of collective irrationality from the perspectives of different research traditions in psychological science and, second, introduce a forward- looking theory of collective irrationality, one that will help stimulate greater attention to this topic on the part of researching and practicing psychologists. Collective irrationality is a neglected topic in mainstream psychology. Individual irrationality has been extensively examined from different research perspectives, most recently through the lens of cognitive neuroscience, but collective irrationality continues to be ignored. This is in large part due to the reductionism of mainstream psychology, dominated as it is by the individualistic culture of the United States. However, the most serious challenges confronting humankind, including global warming and nuclear proliferation, arise out of collective irrationality, which is in a number of important ways different from individual irrationality. Thus, the neglect of collective irrationality represents an important gap that this work will help fill. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology,$x2511-3968 606 $aPsychology 606 $aSocial psychology 606 $aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology 606 $aTheoretical Psychology 606 $aSocial Psychology 606 $aPsicologia social$2thub 606 $aNeurociència cognitiva$2thub 606 $aHistèria col·lectiva$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aPsychology. 615 0$aSocial psychology. 615 14$aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology. 615 24$aTheoretical Psychology. 615 24$aSocial Psychology. 615 7$aPsicologia social 615 7$aNeurociència cognitiva 615 7$aHistèria col·lectiva 676 $a150 700 $aMoghaddam$b Fathali M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0726775 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911002556103321 996 $aCollective Irrationality$94384584 997 $aUNINA