Module POLM073 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM073: Political Economy of Food and Agriculture
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Anderson, K (2010)The Political Economy of Agricultural Price Distortions (CUP Press)
Atkins, P and I. Bowler (2001). Food in Society: Economy, Culture, Geography.
Germov, J. and L. Williams (eds) (2004). A Sociology of Food and Nutrition.
Lang, T. and M. Heasman (2004). Food Wars: The global battle for mouths, minds and markets.
Lang, T, Barling, D. and Caraher, M. (2009) Food Policy: Integrating Health, Environment and Society (University Press: Oxford)
Maye D, Holloway L and Kneafsey, M (eds) , 2007. Alternative Food Geographies: Representation and Practice. London: Elsevier Online version available
Pretty, J. Ed. 2005: The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Agriculture.
Tansey, G. and T. Worsley (1995). The Food System: A Guide.
Morgan, K., Marsden, T. and Murdoch, J. (2006) Worlds of Food: Place, Power and Provenance in the Food Chain, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Warde, A. (1997). Consumption Food and Taste: culinary antinomies and commodity culture.
Winter. M. and M. Lobley (eds) (2009) What is Land For? The food, farming and climate change debate.
