Prelims
Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies
ISBN: 978-1-80117-771-9, eISBN: 978-1-80117-770-2
ISSN: 1057-1922
Publication date: 28 November 2022
Citation
(2022), "Prelims", Schneider, S., Preiss, P.V. and Marsden, T. (Ed.) Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies (Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Vol. 26), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xi. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-192220220000026014
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Copyright © 2023 Sergio Schneider, Potira V. Preiss and Terry Marsden. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited
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Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies
Series Title Page
Research in Rural Sociology and Development
Series Editor: Terry Marsden
Recent Volumes:
Volume 4: | Rural Labor Markets |
Volume 5: | Household Strategies |
Volume 6: | Sustaining Agriculture & Rural Community |
Volume 7: | Focus on Migration |
Volume 8: | Dairy Industry Restructuring |
Volume 9: | Walking Towards Justice: Democratization in Rural Life |
Volume 10: | Nature, Raw Materials and Political Economy |
Volume 11: | New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development |
Volume 12: | Between the Local and the Global |
Volume 13: | Gender Regimes, Citizen Participation and Rural Restructuring |
Volume 14: | Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and Its Regulation |
Volume 15: | Welfare Reform in Rural Places: Comparative Perspectives |
Volume 16: | From Community to Consumption: New and Classical Themes in Rural Sociological Research |
Volume 17: | Globalization and the Time-Space Reorganisation: Capital Mobility in Agriculture and Food in the Americas |
Volume 18: | Rethinking Agricultural Policy Regimes: Food Security, Climate Change and the Future Resilience of Global Agriculture |
Volume 19: | Agriculture in Mediterranean Europe: Between Old and New Paradigms |
Volume 20: | Labor Relations in Globalized Food |
Volume 21: | Alternative Agrifood Movements: Patterns of Convergence and Divergence |
Volume 22: | Constructing a New Framework for Rural Development |
Volume 23: | Metropolitan Ruralities |
Volume 24: | Rural Change and Global Processes |
Volume 25: | Innovation for Sustainability: Small Farmers Facing New Challenges in the Evolving Food Systems |
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Research in Rural Sociology and Development Volume 26
Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies: Pathways for a Better Future
Edited by
Sergio Schneider
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Potira V. Preiss
University of Santa Cruz do Sul – UNISC, Brazil
And
Terry Marsden
Cardiff University, UK
United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China
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ISSN: 1057-1922 (Series)
Dedication
To all of those who spend time, energy and engagements to fight against hunger, climate change and social inequalities in these uncertain and disruptive times.
We also would like to dedicate this book to Flaminia Ventura. She was a tenacious agrifood scholar and generous colleague.
List of Contributors
Evan Bowness | University of the Fraser Valley, Canada |
Gianluca Brunori | University of Pisa, Italy |
Abel Cassol | Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil |
Javier Couretot | Municipality of Rosario, Argentina |
Annette Aurélie Desmarais | University of Manitoba, Canada |
Fernanda C. França de Vasconcellos | University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Brazil |
Colin Dring | University of British Columbia, Canada |
Dana James | University of British Columbia, Canada |
Tim Lang | City University of London, UK |
Antonio Lattuca | Municipality of Rosario, Argentina |
Terry Marsden | Cardiff University, UK |
Tabitha Robin Martens | University of British Columbia, Canada |
Angela McIntyre | Centre for Collaborative Action on Indigenous Health Governance, Simon Fraser University, Canada |
Graciela Ottmann | National University or Rosario, Argentina |
Jacopo Gabriele Orlando | University of Pisa, Italy |
Potira V. Preiss | University of Santa Cruz do Sul – UNISC, Brazil |
Sergio Schneider | University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Brazil |
Marc Wegerif | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
Hannah Wittman | University of British Columbia, Canada |
Acknowledgements
Sergio Schneider would like to acknowledge the support from Brazilian CNPq through a Scientific Research Grant and also FAPERGS/RGS for supporting his current research projects on markets and food policies. Potira V. Preiss would like to acknowledge and thank the support of National Post-Doctoral Program of the Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (PNPD/CAPES), an essential contribution to her research projects.
- Prelims
- Challenges and Perspectives for Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies in the 21st Century: An Introduction
- Public Food Policies in Difficult Times: Consumers and the State
- Sustainable Agri-Food Transformations and the Rise of Disruptive Governance
- Responsibility for Food Sovereignty in an Urbanizing and Risky World
- The Role of Business in Sustainable Development: Becoming Benefit Corporations in the Agri-Food Sector
- Fostering New Rural-Urban Relationships Through Markets, and the Key Role of Governance
- South Africa After COVID-19: Identifying the Overlooked Economic Actors Needed for a Just and Equitable Food System
- The Role of Civil Society in Sustainable Food Systems: Insights From the Brazilian Experience
- Urban Agriculture as a Way to Address Social Inequalities From an Agroecological Approach, at Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina
- Index