Description
Book Synopsis* A new book in Polity's successful Resources series which tells the fascinating story of sugar in the global economy * Ambitious and intriguing, this book advances our understanding of the hugely profitable sugar industry and the economic exploitation and health issues associated with it.
Trade Review�This is a fascinating interdisciplinary book and it covers much ground very well. It is well referenced and has a useful �further reading� section. I would recommend it for anyone interested in the good, the bad and the ugly of our globalized food system.�
International Affairs
"This is a fascinating interdisciplinary book and it covers much ground very well. It is well referenced and has a useful �further reading� section. I would recommend it for anyone interested in the good, the bad and the ugly of our globalized food system."
Tim Benton, UK�s Global Food Security Programme and University of Leeds, UK
"Ben Richardson�s Sugar is an intriguing survey of all things sugar, including consumption and foodways, the means of production, and how governments deal with their sugar industries and conduct their sugar-related international trade relations. True to his mission of providing a Marxist perspective, Richardson concludes by advocating for �reform from below.� Sugar draws on the scholarship of many sugar experts and will be a valuable resource for journalists and others researching sugar issues."
Elizabeth Abbott, Author, Sugar: A Bittersweet History
"Sugar has shaped our history and our politics; it affects our health, and influences the livelihoods of millions. Sugar is a lens on a fast-changing, globalised world, where the politics of agrarian change, international commerce, workers� rights and human health must be examined together. This is a fascinating book that both informs and challenges. Anyone interested in global politics, agriculture, business and social change and justice should read it."
Ian Scoones, University of Sussex
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Growing Markets, Growing Waistlines
3. Terminal Trade Dependency
4. Exploiting and Expelling Labour
5. Expanding and Exhausting Land
6. A Sweeter Deal for All?
Selected Readings
Notes
