Food Justice in US and Global Contexts: Bringing Theory and Practice Together (The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics)
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319571737 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 319 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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This invaluable work requires readers to cross boundaries and be open to new ideas based on different assumptions.. Food justice can be studied from such diverse perspectives as philosophy, anthropology, economics, gender and sexuality studies, geography, history, literary criticism, philosophy and sociology as well as the human dimensions of agricultural and environmental sciences. The chapters emerged from a series of annual workshops on food justice held at Michigan State University between 2013 and 2015, which brought togeth
Along with Ian Werkheiser, he organized the first four annual Workshops on Food Justice, where this volume and its chapters were conceived and developed. He is particularly focused on questions of justice that arise through the use of the social sciences to understand and manage ecosystems.. He has also helped organize several conferences, including Everybody Eats: Cultivating Food Democracy, a community-based conference on Michigan food issues, and the first ever Michigan
Food justice can be studied from such diverse perspectives as philosophy, anthropology, economics, gender and sexuality studies, geography, history, literary criticism, philosophy and sociology as well as the human dimensions of agricultural and environmental sciences. The chapters emerged from a series of annual workshops on food justice held at Michigan State University between 2013 and 2015, which brought together a wide variety of interested people to learn from and work with each other. . From the Back Cover This book offers fresh perspectives on issues of food justice. The book includes their perspectives, offering a wide range of approaches to and conceptions o