Waste Matters: New Perspectives on Food and Society; David Evans, Hugh Campbell, Anne Murcott; 2013
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av David Evans, Hugh Campbell, Anne Murcott
This book offers the first framing of potential social science approaches to the compelling and yet hugely under–researched topic of food waste.

Shows how the profile of waste has suddenly increased as a topic of sociological relevance and extends these developments to analyses of foodConceptualises waste as a dynamic category and one that plays an important role in processes of cultural and economic organisationBrings together theoretical and empirical contributions from a range of disciplinary perspectivesEngages with food waste in a number of contexts and at a variety of scalesExplores issues such as the regulation and governance of food systems; the materiality of foodstuffs and associated technologies; the dynamics of social practices and what goes on in domestic kitchens; the ways in which food and waste are circulated in societies; dumpster diving and freeganism, and socio–technical innovations for waste reductionDemonstrates how food waste is a useful lens through which to tend to a number of contemporary issues within sociology and social theory
This book offers the first framing of potential social science approaches to the compelling and yet hugely under–researched topic of food waste.

Shows how the profile of waste has suddenly increased as a topic of sociological relevance and extends these developments to analyses of foodConceptualises waste as a dynamic category and one that plays an important role in processes of cultural and economic organisationBrings together theoretical and empirical contributions from a range of disciplinary perspectivesEngages with food waste in a number of contexts and at a variety of scalesExplores issues such as the regulation and governance of food systems; the materiality of foodstuffs and associated technologies; the dynamics of social practices and what goes on in domestic kitchens; the ways in which food and waste are circulated in societies; dumpster diving and freeganism, and socio–technical innovations for waste reductionDemonstrates how food waste is a useful lens through which to tend to a number of contemporary issues within sociology and social theory
Upplaga: 1a upplagan
Utgiven: 2013
ISBN: 9781118394311
Förlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Sidor: 200 st
This book offers the first framing of potential social science approaches to the compelling and yet hugely under–researched topic of food waste.

Shows how the profile of waste has suddenly increased as a topic of sociological relevance and extends these developments to analyses of foodConceptualises waste as a dynamic category and one that plays an important role in processes of cultural and economic organisationBrings together theoretical and empirical contributions from a range of disciplinary perspectivesEngages with food waste in a number of contexts and at a variety of scalesExplores issues such as the regulation and governance of food systems; the materiality of foodstuffs and associated technologies; the dynamics of social practices and what goes on in domestic kitchens; the ways in which food and waste are circulated in societies; dumpster diving and freeganism, and socio–technical innovations for waste reductionDemonstrates how food waste is a useful lens through which to tend to a number of contemporary issues within sociology and social theory
This book offers the first framing of potential social science approaches to the compelling and yet hugely under–researched topic of food waste.

Shows how the profile of waste has suddenly increased as a topic of sociological relevance and extends these developments to analyses of foodConceptualises waste as a dynamic category and one that plays an important role in processes of cultural and economic organisationBrings together theoretical and empirical contributions from a range of disciplinary perspectivesEngages with food waste in a number of contexts and at a variety of scalesExplores issues such as the regulation and governance of food systems; the materiality of foodstuffs and associated technologies; the dynamics of social practices and what goes on in domestic kitchens; the ways in which food and waste are circulated in societies; dumpster diving and freeganism, and socio–technical innovations for waste reductionDemonstrates how food waste is a useful lens through which to tend to a number of contemporary issues within sociology and social theory
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