Political ecologies of meat
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Political ecologies of meat
（Routledge studies in political ecology）
Routledge, 2015
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Foreword Alice J. Hovorka 1. Introduction Jody Emel and Harvey Neo Part 1: The 'Livestock Revolution': Geographies and Implications 2. Evolution of a Revolution: Meat Consumption and Livestock Production in the Developing World Ian MacLachlan 3. Cattle ranching development in the Brazilian Amazon: Looking at Long-term Trends to Explore the Transition towards Sustainable Beef Cattle Production Pablo Pacheco and Rene Poccard-Chapuis 4. The Political Ecology of Factory Farming in East Africa Elizabeth Waithanji 5. A Changing Environment for Livestock in South Africa Emma R.M. Archer van Garderen, Charles L. Davis and Mark A. Tadross Part 2: Environmental Justice and Meat Production/Consumption 6. Meat and Inequality: Environmental Health Consequences of Livestock Agribusiness Ryan Gunderson 7. Can't Go to the Fountain No More: Pigs, Nitrates and Spring Water Pollution in Catalonia David Sauri and Hug March 8. Environmental Injustice in the Spatial Distribution of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: A Case Study from Ohio, USA Julia Lenhardt and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger 9. Neoliberal Governance and Environmental Risk: 'Normal Accidents' in North Carolina's Hog Industry Elizabeth Stoddard Part 3: Biopolitics, Knowledge, and the Materialism of Meat 10. Breed Contra Beef: the Making of the Piedmontese Cattle Annalisa Colombino and Paolo Giaccaria 11. Biopower and an Ecology of Genes: Seeing Livestock as Meat via Genetics Lewis Holloway 12. Cows, Climate and the Media Keith Lee, Joshua P. Newell, Jennifer R. Wolch and Pascale Joassart Marcelli 13. The Political Science of Farm Animal Welfare in the US and EU Connie Johnston 14. Battling the Head and the Heart: Constructing Knowledgeable Narratives of Vegetarianism in Anti-meat Advocacy Harvey Neo Part 4: The Governance of Meat Production Systems 15. Producing Halal Meat: the Case of Halal Slaughter Practices in Wales, UK Mara Miele and Karolina Rucinska 16. Roundtabling and the Greening of the Global Beef Industry: Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Adrienne Johnson 17. Contesting Urban Agriculture: the Politics of Meat Production in the License-Buy-Back Scheme (2006-2007) in Hong Kong Kin Wing Chan 18. Complications and Implications of Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Chris Rosin and Mark H. Cooper 19. Domestic Farmed Fish Production: An Overview of Governance and Oversight in the US Aquaculture Industry Paula Daniels and Colleen McKinney 20. Conclusion Jody Emel and Harvey Neo
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