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Andrea Collins and Andrew Flynn provide a fascinating review of a
concept in action. Having engaged with all sides of the debate and
carefully followed the development of a new approach for measuring
human demand on nature, they provide an insightful account of what
worked, what did not, and why. While it may be obvious to many that
humanity needs to live within the means of nature, it still is
surprisingly unclear how to make this insight truly relevant and
practical for policy. How can we overcome this looming gap? Collins
and Flynn show ways how we might succeed with this challenge. Get
this book and help design the next generation of sustainability
policy that can bridge this gap.' - Mathis Wackernagel, President,
Global Footprint NetworkThe ecological footprint is one of the most
prominent tools used to measure environmental sustainability, and
its rise in academic and policy debates since the early 1990s has
been remarkable. Drawing upon research and examples from around the
world, the authors critically examine the claims made of the
Ecological Footprint and how it has been applied in practice.
Offering an up-to-date account, this book provides a unique insight
into the ways in which environmental knowledge is used within
organizations, and how it is able to carry authority in policy
making processes. It further discusses the changing status of the
Ecological Footprint and the growth of other footprint tools, such
as the Carbon Footprint. This book will be of interest to
undergraduate and postgraduate students studying human geography,
ecology, environmental science and urban studies. National and
international policy makers concerned with developing sustainable
strategies, measuring the environmental impact of key policy
decisions and selecting indicators to measure progress towards
sustainable development, will also find this to be a useful read.
Major questions surround who, how, and by what means should the
interests of government, the private sector, or consumers hold
authority and powers over decisions concerning the production and
consumption of foods. This book examines the development of food
policy and regulation following the BSE (mad cow disease) crisis of
the late 1990s, and traces the changing relationships between three
key sets of actors: private interests, such as the corporate
retailers; public regulators, such as the EU directorates and UK
agencies; and consumer groups at EU and national levels. The
authors explore how these interests deal with the conundrum of
continuing to stimulate a corporately organised and increasingly
globalised food system at the same time as creating a public and
consumer-based legitimate framework for it. The analysis develops a
new model and synthesis of food policy and regulation which
reassesses these public/private sector responsibilities with new
evidence and theoretical insights.
Major questions surround who, how, and by what means should the
interests of government, the private sector, or consumers hold
authority and powers over decisions concerning the production and
consumption of foods. This book examines the development of food
policy and regulation following the BSE (mad cow disease) crisis of
the late 1990s, and traces the changing relationships between three
key sets of actors: private interests, such as the corporate
retailers; public regulators, such as the EU directorates and UK
agencies; and consumer groups at EU and national levels. The
authors explore how these interests deal with the conundrum of
continuing to stimulate a corporately organised and increasingly
globalised food system at the same time as creating a public and
consumer-based legitimate framework for it. The analysis develops a
new model and synthesis of food policy and regulation which
reassesses these public/private sector responsibilities with new
evidence and theoretical insights.
"Consuming Interests" focuses upon the key interests which lead to
the provision of food choices: corporate retailers, government
regulators and consumer organisations; and examines how a retailed
form of food governance has emerged. Divided into three sections:
Concepts and Strategies, National Strategies and Local Strategies,
the book provides a detailed examination of corporate retailers,
state agencies and consumer organisations involved in the food
sector. The analysis raises some key social scientific questions
concerning what the public can expect the central and local state
to ensure; what limits there may be upon state action; and what the
most appropriate balances should be between public and private
interests in the provision of "quality" foods. Blending critical
theory, empirical research and policy, "Consuming Interests"
provides a topical and interdisciplinary exploration into the
nature of food provision, policy and regulation and gives an
insight into the broader social science concerns of the nature and
powers of the contemporary state.
"Consuming Interests" focuses upon the key interests which lead to
the provision of food choices: corporate retailers, government
regulators and consumer organisations; and examines how a retailed
form of food governance has emerged. Divided into three sections:
Concepts and Strategies, National Strategies and Local Strategies,
the book provides a detailed examination of corporate retailers,
state agencies and consumer organisations involved in the food
sector. The analysis raises some key social scientific questions
concerning what the public can expect the central and local state
to ensure; what limits there may be upon state action; and what the
most appropriate balances should be between public and private
interests in the provision of "quality" foods. Blending critical
theory, empirical research and policy, "Consuming Interests"
provides a topical and interdisciplinary exploration into the
nature of food provision, policy and regulation and gives an
insight into the broader social science concerns of the nature and
powers of the contemporary state.
As the first book in the Restructuring Rural Areas series,
"Constructing the countryside" presents a new methodological
approach to the analysis of rural change. The authors seek to link
wider developments in the global political economy to the behaviour
of local actors and, in so doing, they place research into rural
studies much more firmly than hitherto in the mainstream of social
science enquiry. The outcome is a book that promotes a truly
interdisciplinary approach through which the constant
"reconstruction" of the countryside can be properly understood.
This holistic perspective, sustained by an historical analysis of
rural change, has been made possible by the extensive research
experience of the authors. The book is a product of the work done
at the London Countryside Research Centre, which was set up in 1989
by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Centre's research
has focused upon the social and political forces for change in
rural areas and how these relate to rapid alterations in national
economic circumstances and to public policies affecting the
countryside (for example, the Common Agricultural Policy of the EC
). On the one hand, the book provides a set of i
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