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This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge--the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken--highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. This book is certain to follow Jordan's Birth in Four Cultures as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field.

Birth customs --- Childbirth --- Knowledge, Sociology of --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Manners & Customs --- Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) --- Sociology of knowledge --- Communication --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Public opinion --- Sociology --- Social epistemology --- Birth --- Birthing --- Child birth --- Live birth --- Obstetrics --- Parturition --- Labor (Obstetrics) --- Birthing customs --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Cross-cultural studies --- Birth customs. --- Knowledge, Sociology of. --- alternative models. --- anthropology of birth. --- anthropology. --- authority. --- biomedical hegemony. --- birth territory. --- birth. --- childbirth. --- community midwife. --- cross cultural. --- epidemiology. --- ethnography. --- gender studies. --- home birth. --- indigenous systems of knowledge. --- interdisciplinary. --- maternal health. --- midwifery. --- policy guidance. --- political economy. --- pregnancy. --- prenatal care. --- reproduction. --- social construct. --- social psychologist. --- sociology. --- technology enhanced childbirth. --- traditional birth attendants. --- ultrasound imaging. --- world health organization.

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Considering their constant evolution and transformation, in this Special Issue, several authors provide contributions bringing light to different aspects related to food supply chains, based on several conceptual frameworks, agri-food areas and contexts, as well as multiple levels of analysis. In this book, the promotion of win–win investments in Brazil’s Agribusiness is discussed, as well as how family farmers can thrive in commodity markets in long agribusiness supply chains. The Logic of Collective Action for Rural Warehouse Condominiums, which is a new configuration in the agribusiness supply chain, is also addressed. In this book, the Brazilian Jabuticaba Supply Chain is analyzed through a multi-methodological approach. The role of logistics in food-waste reduction for wholesalers and small retailers of fruits and vegetables is also presented. The issue of transparency in global agribusiness in the Brazilian soybean supply chain is discussed based on companies’ accountability. Finally, the transformation of the food supply chain through technology and future research directions are highlighted in this Special Issue. This book aims to assist students, researchers and practitioners interested in the evolution and transformations of food supply chains.

food supply chains transformation --- stakeholder accountability --- business evolution --- corporate environmental management --- responses to environmental issues --- environmental --- social and governance values (ESG) --- food waste --- logistics --- retail --- wholesale --- supply chain management --- food supply transformation --- supply chain 4.0 --- food safety --- food quality --- food sustainability --- COVID-19 disruptions --- systematic review --- supply chain --- structuring problem --- family farming --- multimethodology --- collective action theory of logic --- collective actions --- rural warehouse condominiums --- rural development --- agri-food systems --- alternative models --- agriculture --- Brazil --- foreign direct investment (FDI) --- alternative food supply chain models --- conceptualizations of food supply chain transformations --- ongoing evolutions and transformations --- patents