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Consuming interests : the social provision of foods / Terry Marsden, Andrew Flynn, Michelle Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marsden, Terry.
- Series:
- Consumption and space.
- Consumption and space
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food industry and trade--Social aspects.
- Food industry and trade.
- Food contamination.
- Food law and legislation.
- Food--Marketing.
- Food.
- Consumer protection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : UCL Press ; [New York : Routledge], 2000.
- London : UCL Press ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-212) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-35800-1
- 1-280-22422-3
- 9786610224227
- 0-203-98014-X
- 9780203980149
- OCLC:
- 827207240
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