1st Edition

Green Eating and Ecological Risk in China How the Authoritarian State Shapes Consumer Responsibility

By Franziska M. Fröhlich Copyright 2027
224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book critically examines consumer advice urging Chinese citizens to change their food consumption habits and explores what it means to eat green in a country facing ecological risks, food safety concerns, and an authoritarian government aiming to create an eco-civilization. Uncovering the political agendas behind this push for consumer responsibility, this book analyses a range of topics... Read more

1. Introduction: The Greening of Eating in China  2. Eco-Civilization: Making the Environment a Matter of Morality  3. Eco-Civilization and Environmental Food Safety Risks: Responsible for Self and Society  4. Eco-Solidarity: Contesting China's Food Modernity  5. Eco-Safety: Self-Protection in an Age of Ecological Risk  6. Conclusion: Chinese Consumers Between Eating for Safety and Eating for Change

Biography

Franziska M. Fröhlich is a postdoctoral scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Her research focuses on the intersection of food consumption and the environment in consumer advice as well as science communication and scientific literacy in China. She holds a PhD in Sinology from the University of Würzburg.