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The fight over food : producers, consumers, and activists challenge the global food system
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The fight over food : producers, consumers, and activists challenge the global food system

Author: Wynne Wright; Gerad Middendorf
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008.
Series: Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Wynne Wright; Gerad Middendorf
ISBN: 9780271032740 027103274X 9780271032757 0271032758
OCLC Number: 137331410
Description: viii, 301 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments --
Introduction : Fighting over food : change in the agrifood system / Wynne Wright and Gerad Middendorf --
pt. 1. Conceptual framework --
1. Agency and resistance in the sociology of agriculture and food / Alessandro Bonanno and Douglas H. Constance --
2. Agency and the agrifood system / William H. Friedland --
3. Resistance, agency, and counterwork : a theoretical positioning / Norman Long --
pt. 2. Case studies : making room for agency --
4. Counterhegemony or bourgeois piggery? Food politics and the case of FoodShare / Josée Johnston --
5. Resistance, redistribution, and power in the fair trade banana initiative / Aimee Shreck --
6. Sustaining outrage : cultural capital, strategic location, and motivating sensibilities in the U.S. anti-genetic engineering movement / William A. Munro and Rachel A. Shurman --
7. Social life and transformation in salmon fisheries and aquaculture / Michael Skladany --
pt. 3. Case studies : constraints to agency --
8. Infertile ground : the struggle for a new Puerto Rican food system / Amy Guptill --
9. Possibilities for revitalizing local agriculture : evidence from four counties in Washington State / Raymond A. Jussaume Jr. and Kazumi Kondoh --
10. Consumers and citizens in the global agrifood system : the case of New Zealand and South Africa in the global red meat chain / Keiko Tanaka and Elizabeth Ransom --
Conclusion : From mindful eating to structural change / Wynne Wright and Gerad Middendorf --
List of contributors --
Index.
Series Title: Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
Responsibility: edited by Wynne Wright and Gerad Middendorf.
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