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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.

• This landmark collection explores the critical role of food in contemporary national and international policy.
• 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...

Since 1990 there has been a worrying increase in poverty in the industrialized countries of the North, while many of the developing countries of the South have experienced some improvement. This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North and South, and that these warrant further investigation and analysis. This volume covers, on an integrated basis, such themes as: economic growth and social capital; food and poverty; and debt versus equity in urban regeneration.

Over the past decade there has been an increase in poverty in the industrialised countries of the 'North', while many of the developing countries in the 'South' have experienced some improvement. This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of the North and South.