How to normatively transform food systems : propositions of a holistic framework of politics / Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Christophe Béné.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim, author.

Béné, Christophe, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements of sustainability, 2635-0211.

Cambridge elements. Elements of sustainability: science, policy, practice, 2635-0211

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade--Political aspects.

Food industry and trade.

Food supply--Political aspects.

Food supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

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:

Cover

Title page

Imprints page

How to Transform Food Systems: Propositions from a Holistic Framework on Politics

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The Foundational Frameworks

3 A Holistic Framework of Politics for Food Systems Transformation

3.1 The Domains of Food System Politics

3.2 The Processes of Transformation (and Political Actions)

4 The Political (In)actions within Domains and Processes of Food Systems Transformation

4.1 Issues in Identifying Resistance to Change in the Current Regime

4.2 Issues in Creating and Maintaining New Momentum

4.3 Issues in Converting New Momentum into Sustainable Options

4.4 Issues in Managing Trade-offs, Reducing Incoherence and Prioritizing Actions

5 Delivering Normative Food Systems Transformation through Politics - What the Framework Teaches Us

5.1 The Normativity and Goal(s)-drivenness Food Systems Transformation

5.2 The Multidimensionality of Food Systems Transformation

5.3 From Enabling to a Normative Driving Environment for the Governance of Food Systems Transformation

6 Concluding Reflections

List of Abbreviations

References

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-009-50959-4

1-009-50962-4

1-009-50963-2

OCLC:

1574118032