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"A first edition of this book, entitled simply "The new food orders" (As novas ordens alimentares), was published in 2018 by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre" -- Page xii.

Translated from the Portuguese.

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- References -- 1 Food orders -- The sociology of agriculture and food -- The trajectory of Brazilian agriculture -- The analytical paradox -- Integrating consumption into agrifood system -- Food orders: linking practices, institutions and artifacts -- Note -- References -- 2 Modernization and consolidation of the industrial order -- State-led industrialization

Technological innovations and productivity growth -- Expansion of the agricultural frontier -- Mergers, acquisitions and transnationalization of agrifood companies -- Changes in consumption practices -- Metamorphoses and dilemmas of the industrial order -- References -- 3 The reinvention of the commercial order -- The fifth century of latifundium -- Neoextractivism -- Where there's smoke, there's fire -- Conflicts over land and territory -- Precarious work and contemporary slavery -- Exhaust, drain and destroy -- The present makes future look like the past -- Notes -- References

4 Crisis and resilience of the domestic order -- The reemergence of production for own consumption -- Small-scale food processing in rural areas -- The revival of artisanal foods -- The diaspora of colonial products -- "New" food qualities -- Domestic order: from invisibility to appropriation -- Notes -- References -- 5 Ethical criticism and the construction of a civic order -- The struggle of family farmers for redistribution and recognition -- The construction of civic markets by agroecological movements -- Participatory certification as a civic practice

Right to food, food security and public procurement -- From healthy food to "real food" -- New food policies -- Notes -- References -- 6 Aesthetic order: Immaterializing of food -- Intermediaries and judgment artifacts -- Feeding the body and the market -- The new aesthetics of the rural world -- The taste of origin -- Aesthetics and cultural heritage: interfaces and conflicts -- New bottles for old wines? -- Beyond fetishism -- Note -- References -- 7 From the agribusiness economy to the new financial order -- Financialization of the agrifood system -- The financialization of agrifood companies

The financialization of agricultural commodities -- Land and nature as financial assets -- Flex crops -- The fox guarding the chicken coop -- The financial order and its repercussions for the agrifood system -- Notes -- References -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Index

This book explores the agrifood system transitions in Brazil to provide a new understanding of the trajectory of agriculture and rural development in this country. It accentuates the increasing diversifi cation and hybridization of food production and consumption practices throughout history. With a framework that combines convention theory, neoinstitutional approaches and practice theory, this book suggests the concept of food orders which represents different arrangements of practices, institutions andsociotechnical artifacts. By exploring the interrelations between these elements, the book looks at six different food orders: industrial, commercial, domestic, aesthetic, civic and fi nancial, in tandem with examples of practices, sectors and territories to understand the dynamics of each one. This aids in understanding the main tendencies of the agrifood sector in such a vast country that, being a major player in global food markets, also affect production and consumption dynamics in several other countries. Besides, this book also seeks to comprehend the current institutional changes in Brazil that may be critical to interpret the global dissemination of populist and autocratic governments. Offering key insights into the contemporary sociology of agriculture and food, this book demonstrates how strengthening democracy and supporting the organization of civil society are major challenges when we think about transition for sustainable food systems.

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