Politics of Food

Marianne E. Lien is Associate Professor in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Brigitte Nerlich is Principal Research Officer, Institute of Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham

• The Politics of Food: An Introduction--Marianne Lien, University of Oslo 1 Food, Risk and Blame (Politics of Discourse) * Handling Food-Related Risks: Political Agency and Governmentality--Bente Halkier, Roskilde University, Denmark * Risk, Blame and Culture; Foot and Mouth Disease and the Debate about Cheap Food--Brigitte Nerlich, University of Nottingham * The Rhetoric of Food: Food as Nature, Commodity and Culture--Eivind Jacobsen 2 Nation and Nurture * Risky Science and Savoir-Faire: Peasant Expertise in the French Debate over GM Crops--Chaia Heller* Enjoyment and Choice in an Age of Risk: The Case of BSE in the Czech Republic--Haldis Haukanes, UNiversity of Bergen * Western Food and the Making of the Japanese Nation State--Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, University of Warsaw * The Politics of Taste and Smell: Palestinian Rites of Return--Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 3 Global Rules, Routes and Access * Grades and Standards in the Social Construction of Safe Food--Lawrence Busch * Dogs, Whales and Kangaroos; Transnational Activism and Food Taboos--Marianne E. Lien, Universiry of Oslo * The Political Economy of Food in an Unequal World--Keith Hart Epilogue: On the Legacy of The Politics of Food--Anne Murcott

'This is a deeply rewarding collection of articles and insights. It reflects and draws brilliantly on contemporary social science's welcome return of interest to the subject of food.'Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University, London'A refreshingly dispassionate look at politically explosive issues of risk, rights, identity, trade, globalization, and security. Avoiding polemics and advocacy, this collection offers clear and insightful analysis of how modern food problems are constructed and contested.'Warren Belasco, Editor of Food, Culture and Society, University of Maryland.'The Politics of Food concretely demonstrates that local contexts do, in fact, shape larger settings, even as governments, corporations, social movements, and other institutions define the moral grounds of culture. Mapping social connections across a variety of sites, this book deepens our understanding of how food practices shape the human landscape.'Alice Julier, Smith College and Presiden