How to Normatively Transform Food Systems : Propositions of a Holistic Framework of Politics (Elements of Sustainability: Science, Policy, Practice)

Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim/ Béné, Christophe

Cambridge University Press（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 75 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009509619
• DDC分類 338.19

Full Description

Draws from an extensive literature review on food politics to propose a Framework of Holistic Politics for Food System Transformation. The Framework posits that food systems transformation would be a process/outcome of interrelated political configurations of actions across four processes or stages: 1) Identifying resistance to change in the current regime, 2) Creating and sustaining new momentum, 3) Converting new momentum into sustainable options; -and cross-cutting, 4) Managing trade-offs, reducing incoherence, and prioritization. At each stage, four domains of politics must be considered, including 1) Power, the political economy of actors, knowledge, and evidence; 2) Cultural dynamics, norms, and behavior; 3) Capacity and financial resources; and 4) Technological innovations). To deliver normative transformation, these actions must be carried out in four distinct processes. The Framework underscores the need for normative and goal-oriented processes, the multi-dimensionality of politics, and the normative driving environment in governance food systems transformation.

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The foundational frameworks; 3. A holistic framework of politics for food systems transformation; 4. The political (in)actions within domains and processes of food systems transformation; 5. Delivering normative food systems transformation-what the framework teaches us; 6. Concluding reflections; List of Abbreviations; References.