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‘That elusive feature of food consumption’: historical perspectives on quality, a review and some proposals (2007)
Journal Article
Bourdieu, J., Bruegel, M., & Atkins, P. (2007). ‘That elusive feature of food consumption’: historical perspectives on quality, a review and some proposals. Food & history, 5(2), 247-267. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.food.1.100231

Food quality is always acknowledged as a significant factor in everyday lives, and it often appears in some ad-hoc form or another in the study of economics. Its very fuzzyness may account for its ubiquity. Clarification becomes imperative, and this... Read More about ‘That elusive feature of food consumption’: historical perspectives on quality, a review and some proposals.

Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy: The arsenic crisis in Bangladesh (2007)
Journal Article
Atkins, P., Hassan, M., & Dunn, C. (2007). Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy: The arsenic crisis in Bangladesh. Geoforum, 38(1), 155-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.07.009

The paper applies some of the principles of pragmatism to the environmental health crisis of arsenic pollution in the groundwater of Bangladesh. This hazard affects between 28 and 57 million people and it has been called “the largest mass poisoning o... Read More about Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy: The arsenic crisis in Bangladesh.