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The volume documents the development of food policy and regulation following the BSE (mad cow disease) crisis of the late 1990s. It provides a contemporary and (social science-based) interdisciplinary analysis of the new processes involved in the contested regulation and accountability for food in the EU. The book brings together a theoretical and empirical analysis and a new governance model of the 'post-BSE period' and assesses the changing nature of three sets of actors: private interests: such as the corporate retailers; public regulators such as the EU directorates (DG SANCO),...

The agri-food and rural development world has experienced significant changes in recent years. The evolution towards globalized and highly complex food supply systems has been accompanied by growing competition, reduced state subsidies as well as concerns about quality, output and the environment. At the beginning of the 21st century, the agri-food industry is urgently searching for new solutions.

Exploring these recent developments, Agri-Food and Rural Development highlights the latest research on understanding and promoting sustainable food systems. Featuring a range of...

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm. This book brings together an integrated range of key social science insights exploring the contributions and interventions necessary to build this framework. Building on over ten years of ESRC funded theoretical and empirical research centered at BRASS, it focuses upon the key social, economic and political drivers for creating a more sustainable food system.

Themes include:

• regulation and governance
• sustainable supply...

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm. This book brings together an integrated range of key social science insights exploring the contributions and interventions necessary to build this framework. Building on over ten years of ESRC funded theoretical and empirical research centered at BRASS, it focuses upon the key social, economic and political drivers for creating a more sustainable food system.

Themes include:

• regulation and governance
...