Open AccessThe Centralization of Food Systems and Political Power
Author(s) -
Thu Kendall
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
culture & agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1556-486X
pISSN - 1048-4876
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-486x.2009.01013.x
Subject(s) - politics , consolidation (business) , equity (law) , agriculture , sustainable agriculture , food systems , economic system , inequality , power (physics) , economic power , economics , political economy , political science , business , food security , geography , mathematics , law , mathematical analysis , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , accounting
This article focuses on those dimensions of Manning's book that deal with the relationship between the consolidation of agriculture and the centralization of political power. It argues that a sustainable future founded on principles of social and economic equity are likely not achievable without attending to the inequalities inherent in an industrial food system.