Consuming interests : the social provision of foods / / Terry Marsden, Andrew Flynn, Michelle Harrison
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| Autore: |
Marsden Terry
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| Titolo: |
Consuming interests : the social provision of foods / / Terry Marsden, Andrew Flynn, Michelle Harrison
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : UCL Press |
| [New York, : Routledge], 2000 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.4/7664 |
| Soggetto topico: | Food industry and trade - Social aspects |
| Food contamination | |
| Food law and legislation | |
| Food - Marketing | |
| Consumer protection | |
| Altri autori: |
FlynnAndrew <1969->
HarrisonMichelle <1968->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-212) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Consuming interests: The social provision of foods; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface: Food and the state, the state of food; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Regulation, retailing and consumption: deregulating states and concerned consumers; Part I Concepts and framework; 2 Food policy and regulation; 3 Restructuring and retailing; 4 Citizenship, consumption and food rights; Part II National strategies; 5 Food consumers: The limits of formal and collective representation; 6 The retailers: The emergence of retailer-led food governance; 7 Evolving models of food regulation |
| Part III Local strategies8 Local retail-consumption spaces and hierarchies; 9 The nationalisation of food regulation: Coping with space; 10 The local regulatory interface: Enforcement practice on the ground; 11 Conclusions: Retailing, regulation and consumption; Appendix: The social research methods employed in the study; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 balancesbetween public and private interests in the provision of 'quality' foods. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Consuming interests |
| ISBN: | 1-135-35800-1 |
| 1-280-22422-3 | |
| 9786610224227 | |
| 0-203-98014-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819732003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Consumption and space.