The Welfare of Food

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The critical role of food in contemporary policy, in the UK, Europe and internationally, is explored in a comprehensive and readable account of current issues, including food rights, patenting, safety, aid, choice and poverty.

About the book:

The contributors represent different professional and academic perspectives.
The contributions challenge state, institutional and agency structures and responses to food as a social policy issue.
Most of the contributors write from an empirical research base.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Dowler is a registered Public Health Nutritionist and a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Food in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick.

Catherine Jones Finer is the Series Editor for Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy and one of the editors of Social Policy and Administration.

Contents:

1. Editorial Introduction: Elizabeth Dowler and Catherine Jones Finer. Elizabeth Dowler is Senior Lecture in Social Policy and Food, in the Department of Sociology, Warwick University. Catherine Jones Finer is the series editor for Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy and editor of Social Policy & Administration.
2. Joined-up Food Policy? The Trials of Governance, Public Policy and the Food System: David Barling, Tim Lang and Martin Caraher. David Barling is Senior Lecturer in Food Policy at the Institute of Health Sciences at City University, London. Tim Lang is Professor in Food Policy at the Institute of Health Sciences at City University, London. Martin Caraher is Reader in Food and Health Policy at the Institute of Health Sciences at City University, London.
3. Patenting Our Future: Intellectual Property Rights and the Global Food System: Geoff Tansey. Geoff Tansey is an independent writer and consultant.
4. The Evolution of Food Safety Institutions in the UK, EU and Codex Alimentarius: Eric Millstone and Patrick van Zwanenberg. Erik Millstone is Reader in Science and Technology Policy in the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex. Patrick van Zwanenberg is a Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit of the University of Sussex, and has a specialist interest in the role of science in BSE policy-making.
5. Food Safety and Consumers: Construction of Choice and Risk: Alizon Draper and Judith Green. Alizon Draper is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Integrated Health at the University of Westminster. Judith Green is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, in the Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
6. Food security: Rights, Livelihoods and the World Food Summit-Five Years Later: Karim Hussein. Karim Hussein is now Senior Social Scientist at the OECD, Paris. He was formerly Research Fellow and Manager of the ODI Food Security Technical Support Facility, Overseas Development Institute, UK.
6. Food Banks and Food Security: Welfare Reform, Human Rights and Social Policy. Lessons From Canada?: Graham Riches. Graham Riches is Director of the School of Social Work and Family Studies at the University of British Columbia.
7. Food Aid in Complex Emergencies: Lessons From Sudan: Elizabeth Ojaba, Anne Itto Leonardo and Margaret Itto Leonardo. Elizabeth Ojaba is a freelance consultant on nutrition and food emergencies, currently working as a nutrition and food security adviser for Oxfam UK in Afghanistan. (she and the Itto Leonardos are sisters) Anne Itto Leonardo is co-ordinator for NGO activities, USAID in New (south) Sudan. Margaret Itto Leonardo is Director of the New (south) Sudan Council of Churches, Uganda Branch.
8. School Meals Policy: The Problem With Governing Children: Ulla Gustafsson. Ulla Gustafsson is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Surrey Roehampton.
9. Food and Poverty in Britain: Rights and Responsibilities: Elizabeth Dowler. Elizabeth Dowler is Senior Lecture in Social Policy and Food, in the Department of Sociology, Warwick University.