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Book SynopsisAnalyzing international data regarding food production and social inequality, especially in the NAFTA region, this book convincingly argues that neoliberal regimes, not individuals, have created the global obesity epidemic.
Trade ReviewA closely argued sociological treatise...Otero draws on realms of data to demonstrate that neoliberal ideology—the belief that human welfare is best achieved through state-supported private enterprise—results in market-based agricultural systems that destroy subsistence farming, traditional diets, and health, while blaming the displaced victims for their own fate. -- Marion Nestle * The Lancet *
A remarkable, comprehensive book that gives the reader the sense of attending an advanced lecture series on global food politics led by a seasoned food expert…
The Neoliberal Diet is critical reading for food studies scholars, but it is also useful for anyone interested in understanding transformations in the global political economy over the last several decades and their effects on food production, diets, migration, labor rights, and social movements...[
The Neoliberal Diet] takes us very far in understanding the origin and scope of the problems we face and where we need to go. * Contemporary Sociology *
This volume is a 'must read' for agriculture, food, and nutrition science and policy professionals…[a] path-breaking analysis. -- Ellen Messer * Human Ecology *
Otero makes several points that warrant the attention of food policy analysts and advocates. -- Nicholas Freudenberg * Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development *
The cogency, clarity, and significance of Gerardo Otero's [
The Neoliberal Diet] has become more apparent since the Covid-19 pandemic upended livelihoods across the globe...
The Neoliberal Diet interrogates how the combined effects of neoliberal economic policy have engendered vast health inequalities around the world... Otero’s study is an ambitious critique of neoliberalism’s tendency to situate the consumer as almost solely responsible for their health and well-being...Even as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, Otero reminds us that the neoliberal food regime has, in many ways, laid the groundwork for our present unhealth. * Food, Culture & Society *
Table of Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Obesity and the Neoliberal Diet
- Chapter 1. The Neoliberal Food Regime and Its Crisis: The Dynamic Factors
- Chapter 2. Neoregulation of Agricultural Biotechnology at the National and Suprastate Scales
- Chapter 3. Food and Inequality in the United States
- Chapter 4. Class Diets in the NAFTA Region: Divergence or Convergence?
- Chapter 5. NAFTA, Agriculture, and Work: Mexico’s Loss of Food and Labor Sovereignty
- Chapter 6. Globalizing the Neoliberal Diet: Food Security and Trade
- Chapter 7. Food Security, Obesity, and Inequality: Measuring the Risk of Exposure to the Neoliberal Diet
- Conclusion: What Is to Be Done?
- References
- Index
