Democracy at Work: From consumers to food citizens

Sue Booth; John Coveney

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-423-8_6

Democracy at Work: From consumers to food citizens

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This chapter will explore two key areas. Firstly, we complete our examination of food democracy in action (See Chap. 4, Fig. 4.1) and explore how food democracy operates in practice more broadly such as alliances, movements and advocacy structures. Then, we examine the politics of transforming the food supply, reflecting on the nature of democratic citizenship and the practical strategies that foster it. At the individual, household and community level, there is a degree of control consumers can exert, for example by making individual choices about where they buy food. But does food democracy have further potential to exert influence more widely? What are the possibilities for transformative food system action on a bigger scale?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Chapter	6
Pages	39-47
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9789812874238
ISBN (Print)	9789812874221
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-423-8_6
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Name	SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Number	9789812874221
ISSN (Print)	2192-3698
ISSN (Electronic)	2192-3701

Keywords

food system
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
collective efficacy
active citizenship
food literacy

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