Democratising food: The case for a deliberative approach
| Autor: | Alasdair Cochrane, Merisa S. Thompson, Justa Hopma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Food security
Sociology and Political Science 050204 development studies media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Food politics Deliberation Economic Justice Food sovereignty Deliberative democracy Political science Political economy 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations Sustainability Food systems 050703 geography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Review of International Studies. 46:435-455 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9044 0260-2105 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0260210520000017 |
| Popis: | Prevailing political and ethical approaches that have been used to both critique and propose alternatives to the existing food system are lacking. Although food security, food sovereignty, food justice, and food democracy all offer something important to our reflection on the global food system, none is adequate as an alternative to the status quo. This article analyses each in order to identify the prerequisites for such an alternative approach to food governance. These include a focus on goods like nutrition and health, equitable distribution, supporting livelihoods, environmental sustainability, and social justice. However, other goods, like the interests of non-human animals, are not presently represented. Moreover, incorporating all of these goods is incredibly demanding, and some are in tension. This raises the question of how each can be appropriately accommodated and balanced. The article proposes that this ought to be done through deliberative democratic processes that incorporate the interests of all relevant parties at the local, national, regional, and global levels. In other words, the article calls for adeliberativeapproach to thedemocratisationof food. It also proposes that one promising potential for incorporating the interests of all affected parties and addressing power imbalances lies in organising the scope and remit of deliberation aroundfood type. |
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