Shokuiku
Governing Food and Public Health in Contemporary Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2399027 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine L Mah (0000-0002-7294-2035, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 393-412 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1440783310384455 |
| OpenAlex | W2161384873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper examines the issue of public health governance in a globalized context through the lens of nutrition policy in contemporary Japan. I focus upon the case of shokuiku (food education), institutionalized in the 2005 national-level Basic Law on Food Education. First, I consider the emergence of shokuiku within the context of recent public health policy developments, specifically, a shift towards a decentralized and personalized view of public health in Japan. Second, I examine the policy discourses around shokuiku and how they convey the relationships between food and public health. These discourses centre upon the notion of a healthy and traditional Japanese food culture practiced in the home, only recently interrupted by modernity. When presented within a health promotion framework focused upon lifestyle diseases, such ideas can enable and reinforce neoliberal approaches to public health and food security where the locus of governing authority lies largely outside the state
Context (archaeology) · Corporate governance · Economics · Health care · Health promotion · Late modernity · Management · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Law · Medicine · Organic Food and Agriculture · Public Administration
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Risk and the regulated self
Japan's Interventionist State
Health promotion in Japan
The Invention Of Tradition
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Urban Japanese Housewives
Mirror of Modernity
Modern Japanese Cuisine
Public health nutrition and food policy
Delicious Food in a Beautiful Country
Seven samurai to protect “our” food
A Fresh Look at the Japanese Welfare State
Interplay of Politics and Law to Promote Health
Consuming Research, Producing Policy
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| Citations per year | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |