The hybrid governance of urban food movements : learning from Toronto and Brussels / Alessandra Manganelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manganelli, Alessandra, author.

Series:

Urban agriculture (Springer (Firm))

Urban agriculture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Social aspects.

Food supply.

Food supply--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

Undertaking a journey into the "hybrid governance" of urban food movements, this book offers an original and nuanced analysis of the urban milieu as epicentre of food activism and food governance.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

A Plea for a Hybrid Governance Approach to Collective Action

Acknowledgements

Contents

Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

Chapter 1: Urban Food Movements: At the Outset of a Journey

1.1 A Personal and Collective Journey

1.2 Empirical Research and Methods

1.3 Introducing Toronto's and Brussels' Food Movements

1.3.1 An Overview of the Toronto Food Movement

1.3.2 An Overview of the Brussels' Food Movement

1.3.3 The Two Food Movements and the Covid-19 Outbreak

1.4 Positionality, Challenges and Limits of the Research

1.5 Organisation of the Book

References

Chapter 2: Characterising Urban Food Movements

2.1 Problems in Food Systems

2.1.1 Power and Democracy

2.1.2 Food Security and Health

2.1.3 Social and Racial Justice

2.1.4 Ecology and Climate

2.2 Mobilising Alternatives

2.2.1 Food Sovereignty

2.2.2 Food Democracy

2.2.3 Food Justice

2.3 The Rise of the Contemporary Urban Food Movement

2.4 Reconnecting Cities with Food Production: The Land Question

2.5 From Food Production to the Food System Challenge

2.6 Mobilising Organisations and Policy Networks for Urban Food System Change

2.6.1 Food Policy Councils (FPCs)

2.6.2 Urban-Regional Food Strategies

2.6.3 Trans-local Food Policy Networks

2.7 On the Relevance of Governance

Chapter 3: Hybrid Governance and Its Tensions in Urban Food Movements

3.1 Characterising Hybrid Governance

3.2 Defining Hybrid Governance in Urban Food Movements

3.3 Institutions and Organisations in Urban Food Movements

3.4 Elucidating Three Types of Governance Tensions

3.4.1 Resource Governance Tensions

3.4.2 Organisational Governance Tensions

3.4.3 Institutional Governance Tensions

3.5 Governance Tensions and the Urban Food Debate.

3.5.1 The Politics of Land-Resource Access for Urban Agriculture

3.5.2 Dynamics of Growth in Urban Food Movements

3.5.3 Urban Food Governance and Planning

3.6 Outcomes of Governance Tensions and Reflexivity in Urban Food Movements

3.6.1 Towards a Commons Governance of Land-Resources

3.6.2 Building Reflexive and Resourceful Food Movement Organisations

3.6.3 Shaping Reflexive Multi-scalar Institutions for Urban Food Governance

3.7 Conclusions

Chapter 4: Tensions in the Governance of Land Resources in Toronto and Brussels

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Mobilisation for Access to Land: Stories of Toronto's CEED Gardens and Brussels' BBP Coalition

4.2.1 Empowering Communities Through Food: The Origins of the CEED Gardens Project

4.2.2 Coping with Land-Resource Governance Tensions in the CEED Gardens

4.2.3 Enhancing Small-Scale Agro-ecological Agriculture: The Genesis of the BBP Coalition

4.2.4 Dealing with Land-Resource Governance Tensions Through the BBP Coalition

4.3 Organisational and Institutional Responses to the Land-Resource Question in Toronto and Brussels

4.3.1 Organisational and Institutional Dynamics of Land Access in Toronto

4.3.1.1 The Role of Key Actors and Organisations

4.3.1.2 Nuanced Institutional Responses and Hybrid/Bottom-Linked Forms of Governance

4.3.2 Organisational and Institutional Responses to the (Hinter)Land Question in Brussels

4.3.2.1 Enabling Urban Agriculture and Access to Land Within and Beyond the BBP

4.3.2.2 Widening the Scope of Urban Agriculture in Brussels and Its Hinterland

4.4 Discussions and Conclusions

4.4.1 Valorising Strategic Leadership and Proactive Conflict Management and Cooperation

4.4.2 Fostering Socio-institutional Change

4.4.3 Connecting Spatial Institutional Scales

References.

Chapter 5: Organisational Governance Tensions of Food Movement Initiatives in Toronto and Brussels

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Governance Tensions at the Genesis of Two Food Movement Organisations

5.2.1 Organisational Tensions at the Origins of FoodShare's GFB

5.2.2 Organisational Tensions at the Birth of Brussels' GASAP

5.3 The Two Food Movement Organisations in Their Intermediate Stages

5.3.1 Tensions During the Central Years (1998-2017) of FoodShare's GFB

5.3.1.1 Managing the GFB in Its Intermediate Stage

5.3.1.2 Multiple Forms of Tension and Their Interlinkages in the FoodShare and GFB Organisations

5.3.2 Interaction Between Forms of Tension in the GASAP During Its Intermediate Stage (2012-2016)

5.3.2.1 Facing Material and Logistical Challenges

5.3.2.2 Collaborative Opportunities and Challenges

5.4 The Two Food Movement Organisations Today

5.4.1 New Sources of Tension and Reflexivity in GFB's Latest Stage (From 2017 to Present-Day)

5.4.1.1 FoodShare's New Leadership and Revived (Self)-Reflexivity on Food Justice

5.4.1.2 The Impact of the Covid-19 Outbreak

5.4.2 Governance Tensions and Reflexivity in GASAP's Latest Stage (From 2017 to Present-Day)

5.4.2.1 The GASAP and the Covid-19 Pandemic

5.4.2.2 Current Governance Tensions in the GASAP

5.5 Discussions and Conclusions

5.5.1 Aligning to Core Values While Being Reflexive

5.5.2 Cultivating Bold and Pragmatic Leadership

5.5.3 Learning to Cope with Governance Tensions

Chapter 6: Institutional Governance Tensions of Food Movements in Toronto and Brussels

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Institutional Governance Tensions in the Early Days of the Two Food Movements

6.2.1 At the Genesis of Toronto's Food Movement

6.2.2 At the Origins of Brussels' Food Movement.

6.3 Food Movements Coping with Institutional Governance Tensions During Their Intermediate Stages

6.3.1 An Enlarged Toronto: Threats and Opportunities of the Amalgamated City

6.3.2 From a Food Charter to a Food Strategy for Toronto

6.3.3 Pushing the Strategy to the "Next Level": Amplifying a Food System Approach

6.3.4 The Prelude to Brussels' Food Strategy

6.3.5 Transitioning Brussels' Food System Through the GoodFood Strategy

6.3.6 The Set-Up of a Food Council for Brussels

6.4 Revived Sources of Tension in the Two Food Movements' Recent Years

6.4.1 Coping with a New Reality of Crisis and Disruptions in Toronto

6.4.2 The End of the Toronto Food Policy Council?

6.4.3 A New Framing for the Toronto Food Strategy

6.4.4 Brussels' GoodFood 2.0: A Food Strategy for the Future

6.4.5 "De-siloing" the BCR's Institutional Action on Food

6.5 Discussions and Conclusions

6.5.1 Moving Towards a Food System Lens

6.5.2 Empowering Bottom-Linked and Reflexive Food Governing Institutions

6.5.3 Navigating Institutionalisation Challenges and Cultivating Strategic Leadership

6.5.4 Coping with and Learning from Disruptive Times

Chapter 7: Epilogue: Urban Food Movements and Governance Tensions in Times of Crisis

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Cross-Cutting Contributions of the Book and Ways Forward

7.2.1 Conceptual and Methodological Aspects

7.2.2 Empirical Aspects

7.3 Reflecting on Land-Resource Governance Tensions

7.4 Values, Reflexivity, and Cooperative Praxis in Food Movement Organisations

7.5 Bottom-Linked Institutions and the Enablement of Food Democracy

7.6 (Rethinking) Governance Tensions in Times of Crisis

7.6.1 Towards Multi-dimensional Food Justice

7.6.2 Looking Ahead

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Print version: Manganelli, Alessandra The Hybrid Governance of Urban Food Movements

ISBN:

9783031058288

OCLC:

1336495379