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Russia's food revolution : the transformation of the food system
Title
Russia's food revolution : the transformation of the food system / Stephen K. Wegren with Alexander Nikulin and Irina Trotsuk.
ISBN
1000178854
1000178862
1000178870
1003035507
9781000178852
9781000178869
9781000178876
9781003035503
9780367474249
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations
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Biographical / Historical Note
Stephen K. Wegren is Professor of Political Science and Director of International and Area Studies, at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Summary
This book analyzes the food revolution that has occurred in Russia since the late 1980s, documenting the transformation in systems of production, supply, distribution, and consumption. It examines the dominant actors in the food system; explores how the state regulates food; considers changes in patterns of food trade interactions with other states; and discusses how all this and changing habits of consumption have impacted consumers. It contrasts the grim food situation of 1980s and 1990s with the much better food situation that prevails at present and sets the food revolution in the context of the wider consumer revolution, which has affected fashion, consumer electronics, and other sectors of the economy.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Wegren, Stephen K. Russia's Food Revolution : The Transformation of the Food System. Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, ©2020
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Series
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Thinking about food revolutions
Why food is important
Food and the contemporary era
Political importance of food in Russia
What is a food revolution?
Food revolution as an analytical concept
Theorizing about food revolutions
The Soviet famine of 1921-1922
The famine in Ukraine and southern Russia during 1932-1934
The famine of 1946-1947
Food revolution and the state
The impact of food revolutions
Societal and political impact
Economic impact
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 2: Russia's food supply revolution
Why a food supply revolution after 2000?
Approaches to food supply
Russia's food supply revolution of the 1990s
Domestic food production in the 1990s
Food imports in the 1990s
Consequences and the rise of protectionism
Contributors to food supply in the 1990s
Russia's contemporary food supply revolution
Domestic food production after 2000
Food imports after 2000
Contributors to food supply after 2000
Evidence of smallholders in decline
Food consumption in the 1990s
Russia's contemporary food consumption revolution
Food consumption after 2000
Affordability of food
Food and culture
Culture and consumption in Soviet Russia
Culture and consumption in post-Soviet Russia
The rise of gastrotourism
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 5: Implications of Russia's food revolutions
Impact on the food system
Impact on the government and state
Impact on food producers
Impact on consumers
Impact on society
Impact on food culture
Impact on foreign relations
Food security and foreign relations
Food and foreign policy.
The food distribution revolution
Expansion of consumer retail choices after 2000
Evolution of American food retail shopping
Supermarkets in Russia
Where consumers obtain food
Eating outside the home
Measuring Russia's revolution in public catering
Why fast food matters
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 4: Russia's food consumption revolution
What is a food consumption revolution and why it matters
Origins of food consumption revolutions
The Russian case
Food consumption and food security
Food consumption in the Soviet era
Positive aspects
Negative aspects
Why are Russia's smallholders in decline?
Prospects for Russia's smallholders
Private farms
Agroholdings
Origins
The state and agroholdings
Agroholdings and food production
The question of agroholdings' sustainability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 3: Russia's food distribution revolution
An overview of Soviet food distribution
Post-Soviet food distribution in the 1990s
The wholesale food procurement system
Retail food options
The state and food distribution after 2000
The state, food safety, and distribution
The state and illegal food
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