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Food, Social Policy and the Environment: Towards a New Model
Author(s) -
Lang Tim,
Barling David,
Caraher Martin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9515.t01-1-00252
Subject(s) - public health , public policy , public health policy , food policy , social policy , public economics , political science , social ecological model , health policy , economics , business , economic system , ecology , economic growth , food security , health care , agriculture , medicine , nursing , law , biology
Food policy is high on the public policy agenda, but still suffers from a lack of overview and integration. The paper reviews examples of policy limitations where tighter and more explicit links could usefully be made between environmental, social and public health considerations. The paper proposes a new ecological health approach to public policy. This offers marked advantages over the present “productionist” approach to food policy. With this old policy regime in crisis, the paper reviews current moves towards adoption of the ecological health model in Britain, Europe and globally.