The Challenge Ahead: The Politics of Food Security in China, India, Japan and South Korea

Noemi Lanna; Marisa Siddivò

doi:10.6093/978-88-6719-289-2

The Challenge Ahead: The Politics of Food Security in China, India, Japan and South Korea

Authors

Noemi Lanna

University of Naples L'Orientale

Marisa Siddivò

University of Naples L'Orientale

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6719-289-2

Keywords:

food politics, securitization, China, India, Japan, South Korea

Synopsis

Publisher: UniorPress

Series: Il porto delle idee

ISSN: 2785-4191

Pages: 124

Language: English

NBN:

Abstract: The book analyzes how the theme of food security is approached in four key economic and political players in East Asia: India, China, Japan, and South Korea. These countries were chosen because of their geoeconomical relevance — they include the three largest economies in East Asia and a rising power like India —, because they are key players in the global food security debate due to their geopolitical weight and also because they assign a strong role to the state for ensuring food security. Relying on the concept of “securitization”, the book addresses the following questions: how did these four countries approach food security? What policies did they put in place? How was food security framed in national security policies? What implications did policy responses have for discourses on national identity?

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Author Biographies

Noemi Lanna, University of Naples L'Orientale

Noemi Lanna is associate professor at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” where she teaches “Modern and Contemporary History of Japan” and “Japan in the International System”. Her latest publications include: K. Sakai, N. Lanna (eds.), Migration in Asia. A Multilevel Analysis, Routledge, London and New York, 2022; “Nations in a Showcase: A Comparative Perspective on the Italian National Jubilee (1961) and the Meiji Centennial (1968)”, Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques, n.75:2 (2021).

Marisa Siddivò, University of Naples L'Orientale

Marisa Siddivò is senior lecturer at Department of Asian, African and Mediterranean Studies et University of Naples “L’Orientale”. She teaches “China’s Growth Strategies” and “Economic Reforms in Contemporary China”.