03429nam a22006375i 4500 978-3-031-74507-2 DE-He213 20251030114545.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241126s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031745072 978-3-031-74507-2 10.1007/978-3-031-74507-2 doi S401 HD1401-2210 TVB bicssc KNAC bicssc BUS070010 bisacsh TVB thema KNA thema Loginova, Daria. author. (orcid)0000-0002-4856-9648 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4856-9648 aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 88062 Socioeconomics of Food [electronic resource] : Understanding Strategies and Choices on Our Plates / by Daria Loginova, Stefan Mann. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXII, 177 p. 42 illus., 37 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Springer Texts in Business and Economics, 2192-4341 Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Producers -- Chapter 3. Consumers -- Chapter 4. Dealing with Externalities -- Chapter 5. Food Policies and Prices -- Chapter 6. Food Trade -- Chapter 7. Databases and Their Potential -- Chapter 8. Research Approaches -- Chapter 9. Concluding remark. This textbook provides an introduction to the socioeconomics of food. Aimed mostly at students of economics and related social sciences, it explains how food markets function and what social and cultural factors influence the processes of food production and consumption. It also discusses the role of food producers, intermediaries, and consumers and examines the dynamics of prices, trade, and externalities. The book also highlights cultural and demographic processes and moral behaviors that shape production and consumption practices. Furthermore, it discusses issues of food quality, ethics, and politics. Readers are also introduced to food databases and methods of data processing. Agriculture Economic aspects. Sociology. 57193 Nutrition. 68694 Food. 68806 Industries. 67490 Economic sociology. Agricultural Economics. Sociology of Food and Nutrition. 68807 Sector and Industry Studies. 72532 Economic Sociology. Mann, Stefan. author. (orcid)0000-0003-3654-8644 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-8644 aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 88063 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031745065 Printed edition: 9783031745089 Printed edition: 9783031745096 Springer Texts in Business and Economics, 2192-4341 69742 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74507-2 ZDB-2-ECF ZDB-2-SXEF 65223 65223