Inhaltsverzeichnis: Politics of recuperation. An introduction / Francisco Martínez -- Recuperative modes of action: Reciprocity, dependence and resistance to austerity policies in rural Portugal / Ema Pires -- Beautiful people eat ugly fruit: Ugliness and the cracks of the system / André...

While the first half of the 20th century was characterized by total war, the second half witnessed, at least in the Western world, a massive expansion of the modern welfare state. A growing share of the population was covered by ever more generous systems of social protection that dramatically...

Power, food, and agriculture: implications for farmers, consumers, and communities / Mary K. Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard, and Douglas H. Constance -- Chickenizing American farmers, or "Sometimes I feel like a galley slave" / Donald D. Stull -- Industrial chicken meat and the good life in...