Lexington Books
Pages: 330
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-3237-2 • Hardback • March 2018 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-1-4985-3238-9 • eBook • March 2018 • $122.50 • (£95.00)
Stephen K. Wegren is professor in the Political Science Department at Southern Methodist University.
Alexander Nikulin is director of the Center for Agrarian Studies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Irina Trotsuk is associate professor of sociology at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia and senior researcher at the Center for Agrarian Studies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Food System in Contemporary Russia
Chapter 2: Domestic Food Policies and Food Security
Chapter 3: Food Policy and Household Food Security
Chapter 4: External Food Trade and Food Security
Chapter 5: Sustainability and Food Security
Chapter 6: Russia’s Future Food Policy and Food Security
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Authors
Wegren, Nikulin, and Trotsuk have tackled a big subject: Russian policies affecting the supply of food in Russia. They have dealt with it comprehensively, displaying a wealth of knowledge and insight and producing a book of real substance. Whether dealing with ‘counter-sanctions’, fast-food trends, large agro-holdings, or ecological sustainability, they deploy a wide range of source material, clear exposition, and shrewd judgement. The subject is both politically and economically important but has been neglected by Western analysts. This is a timely and impressive study.
— Philip Hanson, University of Birmingham
Food Policy and Food Security is a thrilling read unseating the primacy of the politicized perspective as the reigning explanation for the Russian state decisions and activities in the domain of food production and consumption. This is an indispensable and thought-provoking book on the contemporary Russian domestic food policies, external food trade and households food security. The book is full of arresting ideas supported by relevant statistical and sociological data, which makes it a milestone in the study of the current situation and possible future of food security in Russia in local and national, domestic and international dimensions.
— Natalia Shagaida, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
This book gives a solid and comprehensive overview of Russia’s Food Policy since 2000. Analyzing data until the fall of 2017, it entails an extraordinary actuality. It convincingly explains how Russia succeeded in returning as a global player on the food market by state intervention targeting to reduce dependency on food imports. The study demonstrates the rise of food nationalism and proves that newly founded large-scale agro-holdings profited mostly from the significant state subsidies. The authors competently outline the internal consequences of Russia’s food embargo against the West. Written by leading experts in the field, this book is a must to read for all interested in Russia’s present economy and foreign policy.
— Stephan Merl, Bielefeld University