Assembling antimicrobial resistance governance in UK animal agriculture

Helliwell, Richard; Morris, Carol; Jones, Stephen

Abstract

The desire to govern antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animal agriculture has gained renewed prominence in the UK and international policy and practice in response to growing concern about the impact of AMR infections on human and animal health. This article adopts a more-than-human approach inspired by assemblage and biopolitical thinking to explore how diverse actors work to assemble a regime of governance in animal agriculture through their efforts to tackle AMR. How agricultural animals are represented and positioned in this process, and the consequences of these efforts for broader agricultural animal–human relation in UK animal agriculture is also a concern. Qualitative, empirical material is produced from documents published by government, industry organisations, NGOs and retailers. We highlight the negotiated contingencies of actions on AMR in UK animal agriculture and reflect on the limited extent to which they constitute a new front in the regulation of agricultural animals.

Citation

Helliwell, R., Morris, C., & Jones, S. (2022). Assembling antimicrobial resistance governance in UK animal agriculture. Sociologia Ruralis, 62(3), 587-610. https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12377

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 6, 2022
• Online Publication Date: May 2, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Deposit Date: Apr 13, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: May 3, 2024
• Journal: Sociologia Ruralis
• Print ISSN: 0038-0199
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9523
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 587-610
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12377
• Keywords: Sociology and Political Science
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7758500
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/soru.12377