Agrifood System Transitions in Brazil

New Food Orders
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-61790-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Critical Food Studies

This book explores the agrifood system transitions in Brazil to provide a new understanding of the trajectory of agriculture and rural development in this country. It accentuates the increasing diversifi cation and hybridization of food production and consumption practices throughout history.

With a framework that combines convention theory, neoinstitutional approaches and practice theory, this book suggests the concept of “food orders” which represents different arrangements of practices, institutions and sociotechnical artifacts. By exploring the interrelations between these elements, the book looks at six different food orders: industrial, commercial, domestic, aesthetic, civic and fi nancial, in tandem with examples of practices, sectors and territories to understand the dynamics of each one. This aids in understanding the main tendencies of the agrifood sector in such a vast country that, being a major player in global food markets, also affect production and consumption dynamics in several other countries. Besides, this book also seeks to comprehend the current institutional changes in Brazil that may be critical to interpret the global dissemination of populist and autocratic governments.

Offering key insights into the contemporary sociology of agriculture and food, this book demonstrates how strengthening democracy and supporting the organization of civil society are major challenges when we think about transition for sustainable food systems.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Niederle, Paulo André

Wesz Junior, Valdemar João

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Food Orders 2. Modernization and Consolidation of the Industrial Order 3. The Reinvention of the Commercial Order 4. Crisis and Resilience of the Domestic Order 5. Ethical Criticism and the Construction of a Civic Order 6. Aesthetic Order: Immaterializing of Food 7. From Agribusiness Economy to the New Financial Order 8. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Paulo André Niederle is Professor of Rural and Economic Sociology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Valdemar João Wesz, Junior is Professor of Rural Development at the Federal University of Latin American Integration, Foz do Iguaçú, Brazil.