How does Britain get its food?Why is our current system at breaking point?How can we fix it before it is too late?British food has changed remarkably in the last half century. As we have become wealthier and more discerning, our food has Europeanized (pizza is children's favourite food) and internationalized (we eat the world's cuisines), yet our food culture remains fragmented, a mix of mass 'ultra-processed' substances alongside foo...

Brought to you by Penguin.How does Britain get its food?Why is our current system at breaking point?How can we fix it before it is too late?British food has changed remarkably in the last half century. As we have become wealthier and more discerning, our food has Europeanized (pizza is children's favourite food) and internationalized (we eat the world's cuisines), yet our food culture remains fragmented, a mix...

For over half a century, food policy has mapped a path for progress based upon a belief that the right mix of investment, scientific input, and human skills could unleash a surge in productive capacity which would resolve humanity's food-related health and welfare problems. It assumed that more food would yield greater health and happiness by driving down prices, increasing availability, and feeding more mouths. In the 21st century, this policy mix is quietly becoming unstuck. In a world m...

In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the world of food policy. This new edition brings these developments fully up to date within the original analytical framework of competing paradigms or worldviews shaping the direction and decision-making within food politics and policy.The key theme of the importance of integrating human and environmental health has become even more pressing. In the first edition the authors set out and...

What is public health? To some, it is about drains, water, food and housing, all requiring engineering and expert management. To others, it is the State using medicine or health education and tackling unhealthy lifestyles.This book argues that public health thinking needs an overhaul, a return to and modernisation around ecological principles. Ecological Public Health thinking, outlined here, fits the twenty-first century’s challenges. It integrates what the authors call the four d...

‘The Unmanageable Consumer has long been one of my favorite books in the sociology of consumption. This long overdue third edition has updated and revised the basic argument in many ways. Most importantly, it now offers a new chapter on the consumer as worker or, more generally, the prosumer. Assign it to your classes (I have…and will again) and read it for your edification.’ - George Ritzer, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, USA

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet’s impact on public health and the environment has grown in recent decades, yet changing food supply, consumer habits and economic aspirations proves hard.This book explores what is meant by sustainable diets and why this has to be the goal for the Anthropocene, the current era in which human activities are driving the mismatch of humans an...

De cirkel laat zien hoe wandelen je inspireert tot een avontuurlijk levenIn De cirkel loopt beroepsavonturier Tim Voors een onvergetelijke pelgrimstocht rond het Japanse eiland Shikoku. In zes weken wandelt hij langs 88 tempels, in traditionele klederdracht en een kapotte regenjas, en met een hart vol nieuwsgierigheid. Wat begint als een spontaan bezoek aan een vriend verandert al snel in een persoonlijke ontdekkingstocht. Volledi...

Wie wäre es, wenn die Geschichte eines Denkmals einmal aus dessen Sicht erzählt wird? Die AutorInnen dieser Anthologie wagen den Perspektivenwechsel und schildern, wie es Denkmälern im Wandel der Zeiten erging, hin- und hergerissen zwischen ursprünglichen Intentionen, Umdeutungen und Instrumentalisierungen. Mit tiefgründigem Humor begeben sie sich in den Kopf der Freiheitsstatue, lassen die Brooklyn Bridge über ihre Rezeption in der Literatur zu Wort kommen, oder enttarnen die Neue Wache i...

Volker Lange ist seit 1981 Polizist in Köln und leitet seit zehn Jahren als Polizeidirektor die Inspektion Köln-West in Ehrenfeld. Streifenbeamter, Motorradpolizist, Zivilfahnder, Leiter bei der Bereitschaftspolizei, Einsätze im Stadion bei Spielen des 1. FC Köln und Kommandoführer eines SEKs: Der 60-Jährige kennt alle Facetten der Polizeiarbeit. In "Mittendrin" lässt Tim Stinauer, Redakteur und langjähriger Polizeireporter des "Kölner Stadt-Anzeigers", Volker Lange von 19 herausragenden E...

GANGSTER UND SUPERSCHURKEN In seinen Anfangstagen als Gothams Beschützer hat es Batman mit dem skrupellosen Mafia-Clan der Falcones zu tun bekommen – und mit der vermeintlichen Rückkehr des Holiday-Serienkillers. Dieses Mal sterben reihenweise korrupte Cops, während der Mitternachtsdetektiv die Rätsel des Mörders zu lösen und dessen Identität zu lüften versucht. Aber auch Catwoman, Two-Face, der Joker, Mr. Freeze, der Riddler und andere Superkriminelle mischen mit. Außerdem tritt der Waise...