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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kevin Morgan (Professor of European Regional Development, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University) , Terry Marsden (Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning, School of City and Regional Planning, and Co-Director of the ESRC BRASS Centre, Cardiff University) , Jonathan Murdoch (Professor of Environmental Planning, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780199542284ISBN 10: 0199542287 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 24 April 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Networks, Conventions, and Regions: Theorizing 'Worlds of Food' 2: The Regulatory World of Agri-food: Politics, Power, and Conventions 3: Geographies of Agri-food 4: Localized Quality in Tuscany 5: California: The Parallel Worlds of Rival Agri-food Paradigms 6: The Commodity World in Wales 7: Beyond the Placeless Foodscape: Place, Power, and Provenance Bibliography IndexReviews...meticulously detailed and deftly argued, providing an indispensible work for researchers, graduate students, and serious undergraduates. Jamey Essex Social and Cultural Geography Rarely, if ever, with all the reading that I have done, can I recall a genuine reading epiphany: with this book I had two. The book is a must-read for agrifood researchers, especially of the progressive persuasion. Progressive, in this case, includes researchers who recognise that there are many things wrong with conventional food systems and who have turned to approaches such as organics, Fair Trade, Slow Food, community supported agriculture, farmers' markets, localism, food security organizations, and many others . Professor Emeritus Bill Friedland, University of California, Santa Cruz. This is a fine book, thoroughly to be recommended. It is well written and taut in structure, managing to combine case study specifics with intellectual panorama Professor Tim Lang, City University, London. ...an extremely engaging and insightful read. Harvey Neo, Asian Journal of Social Science ...meticulously detailed and deftly argued, providing an indispensible work for researchers, graduate students, and serious undergraduates. Jamey Essex Social and Cultural Geography Rarely, if ever, with all the reading that I have done, can I recall a genuine reading epiphany: with this book I had two. The book is a must-read for agrifood researchers, especially of the progressive persuasion. Progressive, in this case, includes researchers who recognise that there are many things wrong with conventional food systems and who have turned to approaches such as organics, Fair Trade, Slow Food, community supported agriculture, farmers' markets, localism, food security organizations, and many others . Professor Emeritus Bill Friedland, University of California, Santa Cruz. This is a fine book, thoroughly to be recommended. It is well written and taut in structure, managing to combine case study specifics with intellectual panorama Professor Tim Lang, City University, London. Author InformationKevin Morgan has taught at Cardiff University since 1989, prior to which he was a research fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University. His main research interests revolve around three core themes: regional innovation strategies, multi-level governance systems and sustainable food chains. He is the author of a number of articles and books, including The Associational Economy: Firms, Regions and Innovation, which was co-authored with Philip Cooke and published by Oxford University Press in 1998 (h/b) and 2000 (p/b). His current projects include an ESRC-funded research project called Delivering Sustainability: The Creative Procurement of School Meals in Italy and the UK and a Joseph Rowntree project on Regenerating Coalfield Communities. Terry Marsden has taught at Cardiff University since 1995 and has been a co-director of the ESRC Centre BRASS at Cardiff since 2003. He also holds visiting posts at the University of Helsinki and the University of Rome. His research interests include rural development, environmental policy and agri-food studies. Jonathan Murdoch has taught at Cardiff University since 1995. His main research interests include actor network theory, agri-food studies and environmental policy and planning. His most recent book is entitled Post-Structuralist Geography: A Guide to Relational Space (Sage, 2005). He is also part of the research team on a EU-funded research project on animal welfare in the European Union. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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