La alimentación en España en tiempos de crisis: nuevos modelos de valores y consumo (Food in Spain in Times of Crisis: New Models of Values and Consumption)

Abstract

The current crisis has affected our country very deeply, thus, that has led to substantial changes, in areas beyond the strictly economic. On the social side it leads to transformation in shaping the structure of classes. Food and its configuration also follows these lines of change. e consider the emergence of new models of social values and consumption patterns in the field of crisis. Based on data provided by the survey Food habits of Spanish (2013) and the literature review of recent contributions to the sociology of food in Spain, we outline the presence of a new conceptualization, resilien c e postmaterialistic commensal, that to reorganizes and explains this whole set of changes, that affect the sphere of food in its social, productive aspect and m a ny others. The new resilience postmaterialistic commensal combines in himsel f traits considered postmaterialistic commensal, however, and caused by the crisis, a succession of trends that change it from pure postmaterialist typeare configured. In Ingleheart s terminology, we should consider that the emergence of materialistic values in society agrees the presence of the crisis, however, resilience terminology would mention the situation cyclical, since it is argued that t h e assumption of po s tmaterialist values in food is not left deliberately, but because of adverse economic conditions and or in terms of work.

Household Food Metabolism: Losses, Waste and Environmental Pressures of Food Consumption at the Regional Level in Spain

“…However, the said reduction did not occur as a result of an improvement in the efficiency of the food chain or through a change to a more sustainable dietary pattern, as already pointed out by other authors using diverse sources [ 69 ]. It was rather the result of the reduction in total expenditure on food that this unstable economic period and all the negative socio-economic consequences produced in Spanish households, that lowered the level of food safety and worsened their diets [ 70 , 71 ]. There is a clear association between the economic status of households and footprint levels for most food categories and Spanish NUTS-2 regions.…”

El metabolismo económico de los hogares en España. Un análisis regional de los flujos físicos y el impacto ambiental de los modelos de consumo.

“…El metabolismo económico de los hogares en España. Un analisis regional de los flujos físicos y el impacto ambiental de los modelos de consumo 163 a) La crisis frenó el consumo alimentario de los hogares Diversos autores apuntan a que un contexto de precios alimentarios al alza, rentas decrecientes, desempleo y precariedad laboral, como el que ha propiciado la crisis económica de 2008, se suele asociar a algunos cambios en la composición de los gastos en general, y de los gastos alimentarios, en particular, afectando a las tendencias en el consumo de carácter alimentario, tanto en un plano monetario como biofísico (Barda y Sardianou 2010;Antelo et al 2017;Antentas y Vivas 2014;Muñoz Sánchez y Pérez Flores 2015). Dentro de la EPF, el contraste del consumo per cápita con el año en el que se realizó la encuesta (ANOENC) permite medir la fuerza y el signo de la relación entre el año de consumo y el consumo per cápita para cada una de las categorías alimentarias, permitiendo ver el efecto de la crisis en el consumo (Tabla 4.2).…”