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From Food Chains to Food Webs

Regulating Capitalist Production and Consumption in the Food System

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ID24223228
AuthorsChristine Parker (0000-0002-7397-6341, The University of Melbourne), Hope Johnson (0000-0002-6590-5084, Queensland University of Technology)
Year2019
Volume15
Issue1
Pages205-225
Publication date2019-10-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Law and Social Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1550-3585 • E-ISSN: 1550-3631
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101518-042908
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited92

This review addresses food as a topic of sociolegal studies. We show that the divide between production and consumption in law and social science is increasingly untenable in the context of contemporary globalizing, industrializing food chains underpinned by a productivist ideology and supported by a consumptogenic cultural economy. Sociolegal studies of food are well-suited to grappling with the complexity of production–consumption dynamics through regulatory governance studies of hybridized (public and private) supply chain standards. Yet we argue for an expanded focus on the embeddedness of food chains in social, political, and, importantly, ecological food webs. We suggest that sociolegal studies into ecologically based regulation, countermovements, and an expansive version of the human right to food (that includes nature and animals) can particularly contribute to an understanding of the possibilities for regulating capitalism by seeking to constrain globalizing, industrialized food chains.

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Unique citing works15
Citations per year2.14
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 15

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