A World Free From Hunger

Global Imagination and Governance in the Age of Scientific Management

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4446191
AutoresLynne Phillips (University of Windsor), Suzan Ilcan (0000-0003-3809-261X, University of Windsor)
Año2003
Volumen43
Número4
Páginas434-453
Fecha de publicación2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1046/j.1467-9523.2003.00254.x
OpenAlexW2074134895
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas36

Taking the study of food governance beyond the nation-state, this paper shows how food and agriculture have been globally re-imagined and ruled 'at a distance' by the mandates of scientific management. The authors explore how, in the early post-war period, food became mobilized and reassembled across borders in ways that not only met the new demands of international markets but also fed the expansion and authority of international organizations to intervene in food production and consumption 'problems'. Examining this issue through the lens of the FAO, the paper raises issues regarding current scientific approaches to food and agriculture as forms of governance and suggests further study into the power of global public institutions to re-imagine food and agriculture beyond the confines of particular nation-states

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