Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM073: Political Economy of Food and Agriculture

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level	7
Credits	15	ECTS Value	7.5
Term(s) and duration	This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks)
Academic staff	Professor Matt Lobley (Convenor) Professor Matt Lobley (Convenor)
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Available via distance learning	No

Food and agriculture have become major issues in contemporary politics and economics and central concerns in discussions over sustainability. In this module you will look at the political economy of the global agri-food systems, including how food is produced, processed, transported, distributed, regulated and consumed. The main theoretical approaches to studying the political economy of food and sustainable agriculture are explored so as to provide you with the conceptual tools to develop critical awareness of the cultural, political and economic context of food.

Module created	01/10/2010	Last revised	26/11/2012