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Food Politics
ISBN: 9780199322381
Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENK)
Food Politics (Politics)
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ISBN
9780199322381 (10-digit ISBN: 0199322384)
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- Concise, straightforward introduction to the range of phenomena the media has dubbed "food politics"
- Will act as a counterpoint to the overwhelmingly alarmist literature on the food crisis
- Paarlberg is an expert on food policy, a viewpoint underrepresented in the current popular literature
- Lively writing, highly readable Q&A format; part of the popular What Everyone Needs to Know series
The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists and consumer activists, and food companies are under the microscope.
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists and consumer activists, and food companies are under the microscope.
- Concise, straightforward introduction to the range of phenomena the media has dubbed "food politics"
- Will act as a counterpoint to the overwhelmingly alarmist literature on the food crisis
- Paarlberg is an expert on food policy, a viewpoint underrepresented in the current popular literature
- Lively writing, highly readable Q&A format; part of the popular What Everyone Needs to Know series
Series Description
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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