Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains: Transformations in the Production and Consumption of Foods

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Contents: Introduction 1. Understanding Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains Geoffrey Lawrence and David Burch PART I: THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS 2. Supermarkets as New Food Authorities Jane Dixon 3. The Rise of Supermarkets and Asymmetries of Economic Power Mark Harvey 4. Are Win-Wins Feasible? Power Relationships in Agri-food Supply Chains and Markets Andrew Cox and Dan Chicksand 5. Supermarket Own Brands, New Foods and the Reconfiguration of Agri-food Supply Chains David Burch and Geoffrey Lawrence PART II: REGULATION AND STANDARDS IN AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS 6. Supermarkets, Producers and Audit Technologies: The Constitutive Micro-politics of Food, Legitimacy and Governance Hugh Campbell and Richard Le Heron 7. Supermarkets as Organic Retailers: Impacts for the Australian Organic Sector Kristen Lyons 8. Supermarkets and the Ethical/Fairtrade Movement: Making Spaces for Alternatives in Mainstream Economies? Alex Hughes 9. The Environmental Impact of Supermarkets: Mapping the Terrain and the Policy Problems in the UK Tim Lang and David Barling PART III: COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS 10. The Final Frontier? The Global Roll-out of the Retail Revolution in India Jeffrey Neilson and Bill Pritchard 11. Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains in Europe: Partnership and Protest Bill Vorley 12. Supermarkets and Supply Chains in North America Jason Konefal, Carmen Bain, Michael Mascarenhas and Lawrence Busch Conclusion 13. Situating the 'Retailing Revolution' Philip McMichael and Harriet Friedmann Index