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Political Ecologies of Meat Production and Consumption
Contributor(s): Emel, Jody (Editor), Neo, Harvey (Editor)
ISBN: 0415736951     ISBN-13: 9780415736954
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $60.79  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food
- Business & Economics | Industries - Agribusiness
- Nature | Ecology
Dewey: 338.176
LCCN: 2014046022
Series: Routledge Studies in Political Ecology
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.21 lbs) 392 pages
 
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Livestock production worldwide is increasing rapidly, in part due to economic growth and demand for meat in industrializing countries. Yet there are many concerns about the sustainability of increased meat production and consumption, from perspectives including human health, animal welfare, climate change and environmental pollution.

This book tackles the key issues of contemporary meat production and consumption through a lens of political ecology, which emphasizes the power relations producing particular social, economic and cultural interactions with non-human nature. Three main topics are addressed: the political ecology of global livestock production trends; changes in production systems around the world and their implications for environmental justice; and existing and emerging governance strategies for meat production and consumption systems and their implications.

Case studies of different systems at varying scales are included, drawn from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe. The book includes an editorial introduction to set the context and synthesize key messages for the reader.