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Russia's food revolution : the transformation of the food system / Stephen K. Wegren with Alexander Nikulin and Irina Trotsuk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wegren, Stephen K., 1956- author.
- Nikulin, Alexander, author.
- Trot︠s︡uk, I. V., author.
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food industry and trade--Russia (Federation).
- Food industry and trade.
- Russia (Federation).
- Food consumption--Russia (Federation).
- Food consumption.
- Agriculture and state--Russia (Federation).
- Agriculture and state.
- Food supply--Russia (Federation).
- Food supply.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Stephen K. Wegren is Professor of Political Science and Director of International and Area Studies, at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Thinking about food revolutions
- Why food is important
- Food and the contemporary era
- Political importance of food in Russia
- What is a food revolution?
- Food revolution as an analytical concept
- Theorizing about food revolutions
- The Soviet famine of 1921-1922
- The famine in Ukraine and southern Russia during 1932-1934
- The famine of 1946-1947
- Food revolution and the state
- The impact of food revolutions
- Societal and political impact
- Economic impact
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 2: Russia's food supply revolution
- Why a food supply revolution after 2000?
- Approaches to food supply
- Russia's food supply revolution of the 1990s
- Domestic food production in the 1990s
- Food imports in the 1990s
- Consequences and the rise of protectionism
- Contributors to food supply in the 1990s
- Russia's contemporary food supply revolution
- Domestic food production after 2000
- Food imports after 2000
- Contributors to food supply after 2000
- Evidence of smallholders in decline
- Why are Russia's smallholders in decline?
- Prospects for Russia's smallholders
- Private farms
- Agroholdings
- Origins
- The state and agroholdings
- Agroholdings and food production
- The question of agroholdings' sustainability
- Chapter 3: Russia's food distribution revolution
- An overview of Soviet food distribution
- Post-Soviet food distribution in the 1990s
- The wholesale food procurement system
- Retail food options
- The state and food distribution after 2000
- The state, food safety, and distribution
- The state and illegal food
- The food distribution revolution
- Expansion of consumer retail choices after 2000
- Evolution of American food retail shopping
- Supermarkets in Russia
- Where consumers obtain food
- Eating outside the home
- Measuring Russia's revolution in public catering
- Why fast food matters
- Chapter 4: Russia's food consumption revolution
- What is a food consumption revolution and why it matters
- Origins of food consumption revolutions
- The Russian case
- Food consumption and food security
- Food consumption in the Soviet era
- Positive aspects
- Negative aspects
- Food consumption in the 1990s
- Russia's contemporary food consumption revolution
- Food consumption after 2000
- Affordability of food
- Food and culture
- Culture and consumption in Soviet Russia
- Culture and consumption in post-Soviet Russia
- The rise of gastrotourism
- Chapter 5: Implications of Russia's food revolutions
- Impact on the food system
- Impact on the government and state
- Impact on food producers
- Impact on consumers
- Impact on society
- Impact on food culture
- Impact on foreign relations
- Food security and foreign relations
- Food and foreign policy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wegren, Stephen K. Russia's Food Revolution : The Transformation of the Food System
- ISBN:
- 9781003035503
- 1003035507
- 9781000178876
- 1000178870
- 9781000178852
- 1000178854
- 9781000178869
- 1000178862
- Publisher Number:
- 40030241324
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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