2010, ISBN: 1844075974

[EAN: 9781844075973], Neubuch, [PU: Taylor and Francis(Routledge)], (178 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. This book investi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781844075973], Neubuch, [PU: Taylor and Francis(Routledge)], (178 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a socia movement. Using the toos of poitica socioogy it anayzes and expains how both peope and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change goba agricuture. Starting from the British Empire in the 1930's, where the first trans-nationa roots of organic farming took hod, through to the internet-mediated socia protests against geneticay modified crops at the end of the twentieth century, the author traces the rise to prominence of the movement. As we as providing a historica account, the book expains the movement's on-going roe in fostering and organising aternatives to the dominant intensive and industria forms of agricuture, such as promoting oca food produce and anima wefare. By considering it as a trans-nationa movement from its inception, aiming at cutura and socia change, the book highights what is unique about the organic movement and why it has risen ony reativey recenty to pubic attention. The author reports origina research findings, focusing argey on the Engish-speaking word. The work is grounded in academic enquiry and theory, but aso provides a narrative through which the movement can be understood by the more genera interested reader. Preface 1. Introduction 2. Socia Movements 3. Saving the Soi 4. Poisonous Eixirs 5. Sma, Beautifu and Reorganized, 1960's and 1970's 6. The Rise of Organic Food Retaiing, 1980's 7. Fighting the Future– Against GM Crops 8. Peak Organics?'Written in an engaging and accessibe stye, this book presents a reveaing and highy origina account of the historica evoution of the organic farming and food movement. It is a wecome counterpoint to the many poitica economic anayses of organic farming and food that are now avaiabe.' Caro Morris, University of Nottingham, UK 'We-informed organic campaigners and strategists may find food for thought in Matthew Reed's whirwind ride through some aspects of organic history, in Rebes for the Soi: The Rise of the Goba Organic Food and Farming Movement.' Erin Gi, Soi Association 'thought-provoking' Erin Gi, Soi Association 'It is in these strands that the book is at its strongest, in his thoughts about organic and the poitics of food and indeed wider poitics, the theme of citizenship and what a regenerated organic movement coud have to offer, Matt Reed makes a vauabe contribution that is we worth reading.' ORC Buetin, Dec 2010 (Hardback)<

ISBN: 1844075974

Investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology, this book analyzes and explains how both people and ideas have shaped … Mehr…

Investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology, this book analyzes and explains how both people and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change global agriculture. It highlights what is unique about the organic movement. Politikwissenschaft<

ISBN: 9781844075973

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